Common Nettle-tap

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The Common Nettle-tap is a small (wingspan: 10–15 mm), but very common species, occurring throughout Holland.
It flies in the daytime from May throughout the summer, and can sometimes be found in large numbers around clumps of nettle (Urtica dioica), the larval foodplant.

Zanderij Crailo, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 24 June 2013

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