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Family Cosmopterigidae
shekainahdalaban, no, I didn't notice that. All the time it was very steady, even when it moved around. Actually, it is so small and the light was so poor that, at first, I thought its rear was its front! It seemed some kind of large headed ant... Only when I stopped photographing for a moment and looked at the pics I had taken (in the camera's screen) I noticed its antennae...
I have one related spotting but different color. Did you noticed your spotting do a head spin too?
Harsuame, Ashish, Auntnance, Karen & Animaisfotos, thank you. Shekainahdalaban, thanks for the ID. Bayucca, thank you too for your efforts.
Hmm, Metalmark Moth? OK, I did a little re-search and will change my oppinion: I would now also think of a Cosmopterigidae (cosmet moth) as suggested by shekainahdalaban. I found some interesting ones, not yours, but similar in shape and anatomy:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/97373/bgpa...
Did I already tell you about microleps being a nightmare to ID??
These micromoths are a terrible group! I am not absolutely sure about the family. It could be a cosmet moth, but most pictures looks in my (!) eyes more like a metalmark moth.
Some other pictures (just for illustration!):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/almircandid...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/almircandid...
http://eol.org/pages/942806/overview
Cosmopterigidae:
http://www.pbase.com/m3ling/oecophoridae...
Can you please made some comments about the size?
Very "unusual" creature. Somehow resembles shrimp?! Great Spotting. Thanks for sharing. It would be nice to have it figured out...