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Longitarsus dorsalis

Surely the easiest of all the Longitarsus species to identify. This species is supposed to be increasing.


This is the brightest of three that came to LED light during a moth survey on New Year's Day.

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Longitarsus dorsalis, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st January 2023


This is one of the others that arrived with the one above. The pronotum is duller with a more obvious darker area in the centre/base.

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Longitarsus dorsalis, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st January 2023


These three were at exactly the same site as the ones above.

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3x Longitarsus dorsalis, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 12th March 2023