Tuesday
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Longhorn Moth
Tue 2011-10-18 
From back in early July: a female longhorn moth, probably Nemophora cupriacella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae).
These little metallic longhorn moths can be quite difficult to distinguish visually but, fortunately, they tend to appear at different times of the year:
- Adela cuprella: March, April, May
- Adela reaumurella: April, May
- Adela rufimitrella: May, June
- Nemophora cupriacella: July, August
See here for a female Adela reaumurella that I photographed back in May 2010.
Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2011-07-02.
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