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Alucita hexadactyla - Overwintering in bunker Some 100 or so of these sitting on the walls of a room inside the old German WW2 bunker "Wassermann" on the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog. Alucita,Alucita hexadactyla,Alucitidae,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Netherlands,Schiermonnikoog,Twenty-plume Moth,nl: Waaiermot Click/tap to enlarge

Alucita hexadactyla - Overwintering in bunker

Some 100 or so of these sitting on the walls of a room inside the old German WW2 bunker "Wassermann" on the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog.

    comments (4)

  1. Excellent details! Posted 4 years ago
    1. Thanks Ferdy - these were just Q&D shots with Jeanette waiting outside the bunker and urging me to make haste ;o) Posted 4 years ago
      1. I can totally imagine her perspective.

        "Let's for once do a cultural tour. I'll take him into a bunker where surely no life exists."

        Arp: HEY LOOK!!!
        Posted 4 years ago
        1. :-D
          Actually, the bunker was a devious plot by yours truly ... when I suggested we'd go look at that, I _knew_ beforehand that I wanted to look for critters, but kept it to myself ;o)
          Posted 4 years ago

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The Twenty-plume Moth is a "micromoth" of the many-plumed moth family. It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded Dec 8, 2020. Captured in Cornelis Visserpad, 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.