What creature is this? (from a description)

[kittenta 10]

Myself and my lad spotted a creature dead on the path on the way home this morning. It was a flying creature, roughly two and a half to three inches long. Big yellow wings almost the length of it's body and slightly wider than it's body. It's body itself was a pale brown colour and at least two cm wide. It wasn't a dragonfly and it was far too big to be a wasp or a bee. Any idea what it was please???

[studwall 10]

Myself and my lad spotted a creature dead on the path on the way home this morning. It was a flying creature, roughly two and a half to three inches long. Big yellow wings almost the length of it's body and slightly wider than it's body. It's body itself was a pale brown colour and at least two cm wide. It wasn't a dragonfly and it was far too big to be a wasp or a bee. Any idea what it was please???

 

erm well it could be dead

 

sorry im no help

[rubydazzler 11]

2 cms? That's about 1/2 inch? How many wings? Was it some sort of moth? Furry body and antlers, not antlers, those pointy/curly things they have on their heads .... antenna?

[Guest]

A damselfly? They have their wings along the length of their bodies, and not out at right angles like dragonflies.

[kittenta 10]

No it wasn't furry and it definatly wasn't a moth. The wings were transparent too. Never seen anything like it!

[studwall 10]

No it wasn't furry and it definatly wasn't a moth. The wings were transparent too. Never seen anything like it!

 

a picture would be good

[mojo1 10]

2 cms? That's about 1/2 inch? How many wings? Was it some sort of moth? Furry body and antlers, not antlers, those pointy/curly things they have on their heads .... antenna?

 

Ha ha, my OH calls them antlers too:hihi:

Sorry not a clue what you saw, I've sent a message to my dad though he knows about these things

[kittenta 10]

A damselfly? They have their wings along the length of their bodies, and not out at right angles like dragonflies.

 

No just look at some images on Google at it didn't look like those either.

[kittenta 10]

a picture would be good

 

I only had my sons phone on me and you can't tell from the picture it is crap. I can't upload from the phone either.

[cgksheff 44]

A cricket?

 

... or Mole Cricket?

 

 

... or a Water Beetle?

 

 

... are you sure about the 2 cm width?

[kittenta 10]

Yep (well as close as I could estimate without a ruler) it was a big fat thing. Like I said never seen anything like it before that is why I asked!

[mojo1 10]

Dad just got back to me and say's it's possibly a variety of clear wing moth, I'd never heard of them either. He says he really cant think what else it could be with that description.