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Green Forester

Adscita statices

Photo by mydogshuman
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Field Notes

Description:

Iridescent blue winged insect on round-headed campion

Habitat:

Grassy mountainside meadow; Austrian alps

Species ID Suggestions

Green Forester

Adscita statices

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Jopy
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Comments (2)
Jopy
you're welcome, this is day-flying moth, family Burnet moths...they are small with thick bodies, have long forewings and short hindwings and when they rest, wings are folded. Most of them are brightly colored :)
mydogshuman
Thank you, Jopy!!! I don't know insects well at all and would never have guessed this was a moth because its wings are folded. I wonder if this is the same insect as in my other photo taken nearby.

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