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    Forum: BugFiles How-to'sReplies: 1, Views: 15
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    Dondons
    Indre
    France

    April 24, 2012 3:58 PM

    Post #9096264

    This is a bug I have never seen before, does anyone know what it is? It was in my garden in Central France. It's some sort of hammerhead stick insect... Very fascinating! :)

    Thumbnail by Dondons
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    kennedyh
    Churchill, Victoria
    Australia (Zone 10a)



    May 22, 2012 2:30 PM

    Post #9133913

    I apologise for being so slow to respond. We were struck by lightning and I have been off the internet for nearly a month.

    Your interesting creature is rather surprisingly a moth.

    It is one of the Plume Moths in the family Pterophoridae: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/b/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae...

    These have their wings divided into two or more feathers. When at rest you only seem to see one very narrow pair of wings. This picture I took by flash, while one was flapping its wings, shows the wings spread and shows the two components of both fore and hind wings: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/13650/

    Ken

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