Friday 3 June 2011

Another Longhorn

Longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella, on stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, in High Elms Country Park, 31 May 2011. A group of about 20 were in intermittent dancing flight.
Longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella, on stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, in High Elms Country Park, 31 May 2011.
A group of about 20 of these were in intermittent dancing flight in a shady glade, often coming back to land on the nettles. I photographed a different species of longhorn moth earlier this year: Adela reaumurella.

The photo below captures the length of their antennae.

Longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella, on stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, in High Elms Country Park, 31 May 2011.
Longhorn moth, Nemophora degeerella, on stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, in High Elms Country Park, 31 May 2011.
Both taken with the EOS 450D, 100mm macro lens, and ring flash.
Posted by Bill Welch at 05:32
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Location: High Elms Country Park, Bromley, Greater London, UK

1 comment:

  1. teegee3 June 2011 at 08:27

    One wonderful thing about invertebrates is that they so often have fragile-looking appendages, but these surpass the extraordinary. Has anyone an idea of what advantage they afford their bearers? Since moths don't, I think, have ears, they must sense with the antennae, but why so much longer than others?

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