Confusing Petrophila

Missed this one Tristan, Really lovely. the cocoons of this moth are built under water and the larvae feed on algae on rocks. There is some interesting reading available about the moth cocoons being attacked by a wasp where the wasp lays her eggs inside the cocoon and fills the cocoon with air (presumably) so the wasp larva does not drown !

Great capture Triston,beautiful and amazing beahvour,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Congrats Triston!!Nice spottings!!!

Congrats. This moth deserves it.

WHAT A MOTH! UNBELIEVABLE LIFE CYCLE! Congratulations Tristan for this wonderful spotting and on SOTD. :))

Congratulations! Unbelievable life cycle.

Congratulations Tristan, your fascinating spotting is our Moth of the Month! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/10154578146935603 TwitterL https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/509533352328577024

Tristan, congratulations! Your moth is featured as Project Noah's Moth of the Month for September in the National Moth Week blog! http://nationalmothweek.org/?p=6911

Extraordinary moths. What a life cycle. Thanks for sharing this.

Fantastic spotting!