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Category: Insecta

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

Sinodendron rugosum (Rugose Stag Beetle)

June 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Canyon Creek’  I had no idea of what this was when I encountered it.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Lucanidae, Sinodendron, Species Profiles Filed under: Rugose Stag Beetle, Sinodendron rugosum

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

Dysstroma citrata (Dark Marbled Carpet Moth)

June 5, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the pretty, colorful geometrid moth I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year, Dysstroma citrata (the dark marbled carpet…

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Posted in: Animals, Dysstroma, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dark Marbled Carpet Moth, Dysstroma citrata, Northern Marbled Carpet Moth

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