Archive for May 9th, 2011

Insect news

May 9, 2011

A moth found near Loch na Beiste has been identified by Brian Neath as a Brown Silver-line:

Brown Silver-line

He says this caterpillar form Cnoc na Loch is that of a burnet moth, presumably a Six-spot Burnet

Caterpillar

The stonefly in the preceding post is probably Perla bipunctata, a large, flightless stonefly, according to Craig Macadam.


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