Southern Marsh Orchids

Southern Marsh Orchids

Sunday, 5 June 2016

Cranefly

While investigating a tiny outlier of VC41, in the otherwise staunchly VC42 square SN9908, I came across this rather attractive Cranefly, with a very distinctive pattern on its wings. The habitat was slightly rank marshy grassland, close to forestry, at 380m ASL. Despite its apparently distinctive markings, I have been unable to find it anywhere online, so any suggestions will be welcome.








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  1. Mike Thornton5 June 2016 at 22:04

    Hi Mark
    Check out - Pedicia rivosa, male.
    All the best
    Mike

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  2. GMT5 June 2016 at 22:41

    I've had them to light a few times, but for some reason they've all been at my 6W actinic heath traps rather than MV.

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  3. Mark Evans6 June 2016 at 06:59

    Thanks both.I just found it on a Cambridgeshire site. It appears to be common, though I've never seen it before.
    Incidentally, George, When I was up at Bryn Du, on the Small Blue bank, near the gas storage site, I found a female Marsh Fritillary nectaring. It seems a little far for it to have come from the Bryn Defaid site.

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