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racketman
18th of December 2006 (Mon), 18:00
Think I have ID'd this correctly as the male Winter Moth:

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/71853495.jpg

and as the guide states the female is almost wingless I guess this could be the female:

http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/71853457.jpg
nitefrogger
18th of December 2006 (Mon), 19:15
Wing tip clipped in #1 but the series is still very demonstrative. Good detail in both moths. I'm not sure about the ID, but your rationale sounds good. She has wing stubs only. Interesting set!:D
BigAl-SA
18th of December 2006 (Mon), 23:10
Nice pics RM - but am with Frogger on the wing clipping :(. I seem to recall that someone recently also showed what seemed to be a wingless moth.
LordV
19th of December 2006 (Tue), 00:48
Good captures- wonder what they feed on ?
Brian V.
racketman
19th of December 2006 (Tue), 04:54
Wing tip clipped in #1 but the series is still very demonstrative. Good detail in both moths. I'm not sure about the ID, but your rationale sounds good. She has wing stubs only. Interesting set!:D

Only had the MPE 65 with me and even at lowest mag of 1:1 it appeared in the viewfinder I needed to clip a bit of wing to get all the head in butit seems I had a little room to play with at the bottom. Viewfinder coverage is not 100% of course.