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Category: Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)

Icaricia saepiolus (Greenish Blue)

July 3, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Icaricia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Greenish Blue, Icaricia saepiolus

Caenurgina erechtea (Forage Looper Moth)

June 27, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found this handsome member of the family Erebidae on the same trip to the Vancouver Lake bottoms that I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Caenurgina, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Caenurgina erechtea, Forage Looper Moth

Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)

June 25, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Last Thursday I finally reencountered some members of a small, local population of Eastern Tailed Blues. To explain why this…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cupido, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Cupido comyntas, Eastern Tailed Blue

Egira rubrica

June 23, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

With their wide range of larval hosts, many of which are quite abundant, Egira rubrica can often be a very common visitor…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Egira, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Egira rubrica

Nadata gibbosa (White-dotted Prominent)

June 21, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I seem to get one of these moths almost every time I run lights in mixed forests, but I don’t…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nadata, Notodontidae (Prominents), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Nadata gibbosa, White-spotted Prominent

Desmia maculalis 

June 19, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Finding this moth was just a lucky break for me, as it didn’t come to UV lights, per se, though…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Crambidae, Desmia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Desmia maculalis

Apantesis ornata (Ornate Tiger Moth)

June 17, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

The first time I ever saw an Apantesis ornata (ornate tiger moth) was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…

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Posted in: Animals, Apantesis, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Apantesis ornata, Ornate Tiger Moth

Cyclophora pendulinaria (Pearly- grey Wave)

June 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

There were at least 3 of these handsome little geometrid moths that visited my lights last Tuesday. They are a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cyclophora, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cyclophora pendulinaria, Pearly- grey Wave, Sweetfern moth

Hypena bijugalis (Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth)

June 13, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Oddly, since it is apparently quite a common moth, and its primary larval host of Cornus sericea (red-osier dogwood) is also a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Hypena, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth, Hypena bijugalis

Zosteropoda hirtipes (V-lined Quaker moth

June 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Canyon Creek’, this handsome little noctuid moth with the fun to say appellation…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles, Zosteropoda Filed under: V-lined Quaker Moth, Zosteropoda hirtipes

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