Nature Done Wright

Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

June 19, 2013

Moths! Moths! Moths!

Here is an assortment of moths photographed at 11 p.m on Sunday in my backyard on a wonderful linen sheet donated by Gaby Schmitt. (Thanks, Gaby!)

I now have a Mercury Vapor Light and a Blacklight from BioQuip, plus a Halogen light and a CFL blacklight. Different types of bugs seem attracted to different types of light.

Some of the moths I have seen from previous years (including the one above — Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth??) and have in my little moth folder, which I brought to work for some inexplicable reason. The one below I found to be almost butterfly-like. Almost all are tiny guys….

Bugs posted tomorrow!

Common Spring Moth?

(This one is from a week earlier…) Denise Farrell says:

American Idia (Idia americalis) - Hodges #8322 http://bugguide.net/node/view/16249

Larvae Host: Lichen; Listed among the "Litter Moths" in the Peterson guide. (Thanks, Denise!)

(They have invaded our garage, and we are not necessarily lichen it…)

Another Spanworm-like Moth?

1 comment

Denise F.

13 years ago Reply

I’ll give it a try. In picture order:
1. Yes – Lesser Maple Spanworm
2. Common Spring Moth – My pick also as best match
3. Green Pug
4. Already IDed – American Idia
5. Red-headed Inchworm
6. Oak Leaftier
7. Brown Panopoda

1 comment

Denise F.

13 years ago Reply

I’ll give it a try. In picture order:
1. Yes – Lesser Maple Spanworm
2. Common Spring Moth – My pick also as best match
3. Green Pug
4. Already IDed – American Idia
5. Red-headed Inchworm
6. Oak Leaftier
7. Brown Panopoda