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Is This Some Kind Of Mosquito ?

zenno · 2013-08-22 23:29:41

I was sitting here on the pc and all of a sudden i felt something land on my arm, i blew at it and it flew off and landed on the wall, but it flew like a mosquito would, but on closer inspection It's colour and wings look a lot different than a mosquito. Just to add, this was in swords co. Dublin, for location. Can any one…

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23-08-2013 12:29am

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zenno

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I was sitting here on the pc and all of a sudden i felt something land on my arm, i blew at it and it flew off and landed on the wall, but it flew like a mosquito would, but on closer inspection It's colour and wings look a lot different than a mosquito. Just to add, this was in swords co. Dublin, for location.

Can any one here identify this thing ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_DxoMIANbQ

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#2 08-09-2013 2:05am
artieanna

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Its a 'plume moth' completely harmless, the white ones are beautiful here's one I took about two months ago....

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