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Petrophila confusalis
Wingspan approximately 1 cm in length.
Found collecting pollen.
Missed this one Tristan, Really lovely. the cocoons of this moth are built under water and the larvae feed on algae on rocks. There is some interesting reading available about the moth cocoons being attacked by a wasp where the wasp lays her eggs inside the cocoon and fills the cocoon with air (presumably) so the wasp larva does not drown !
Great capture Triston,beautiful and amazing beahvour,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
WHAT A MOTH! UNBELIEVABLE LIFE CYCLE!
Congratulations Tristan for this wonderful spotting and on SOTD. :))
Congratulations Tristan, your fascinating spotting is our Moth of the Month!
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Tristan, congratulations! Your moth is featured as Project Noah's Moth of the Month for September in the National Moth Week blog! http://nationalmothweek.org/?p=6911
Spotted on Aug 28, 2014
Submitted on Sep 2, 2014
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