# Insect ID: scary 3-cornered beast **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 26, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037 "2015-03-26T16:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/1 "2015-03-26T16:33:55Z")
What is this scary thing? I’m sorry for not including a size measurement: it’s a little over an inch across the horns, and maybe slightly less for the body. [I think this link will work](https://www.flickr.com/photos/131460512@N08/). ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/2 "2015-03-26T16:36:58Z")
Kind of looks like a stick bug, but the shape is unusual. J. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/3 "2015-03-26T16:38:51Z")
The location where it was spotted would be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/4 "2015-03-26T16:42:15Z")
On the door! (in Vancouver, BC) Sorry, I should have said. ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/5 "2015-03-26T16:44:27Z")
[Is it a Plume Moth?](http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/10/17/plume-moth-19/) ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/6 "2015-03-26T16:45:47Z")
Stenoptilia pterodactyla: > **[Brown Plume Stenoptilia pterodactyla | UKmoths](https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/stenoptilia-pterodactyla/)** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/7 "2015-03-26T16:50:09Z")
> [@newme](#): > > [Is it a Plume Moth?](http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/10/17/plume-moth-19/) It sure looks like one! The link below yours says that they’re found in England and Scotland, which is a long way away, but yes, this is it. Now I can say “go away, scary plume moth!” Edit: and with that name, I found [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmelina_monodactyla) listed as a local creature. Now off to read up on its habits. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/8 "2015-03-26T16:56:18Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > On the door! (in Vancouver, BC) > > Sorry, I should have said. 😃 Once **newme** knew it was on the door, he had the answer in two minutes. **RobDog** thought it was a door in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/9 "2015-03-26T17:08:59Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > 😃 Once **newme** knew it was on the door, he had the answer in two minutes. **RobDog** thought it was a door in the UK. Well, to be fair, that’s a VERY British-looking door. Did you have it imported **Dr. Drake**? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-id-scary-3-cornered-beast/716037/10 "2015-03-26T17:51:01Z")
I live with a Briton. Things morph in his presence. British doors, British moths, the queen on the money…