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 Rhagio scolopaceus?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-08-2009 18:06
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Saw this fly last night at a moth trapping session in southern England - looks like a Rhagio but is it scolopaceus? 
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 16-08-2009 18:32
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Lack of wing markings suggests R. tringarius. John |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-08-2009 19:11
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I don't think I have seen one of those - the habitat was a little atypical, being woodland on chalky soils, but Stubbs & Drake seem to think it can be found away from marshy places.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 16-08-2009 23:15
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
I find it on Great Orme and you can't get much less marshy than that. |
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