Anyone else like moths or shall I shut up now?

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I wonder how STEED is getting on theses days

Well this thread is about moths and bugs.. you think of a connection? 🤔
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OT I just learned we have american invaders in our attic..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West...nifer_seed_bug

This Leptoglossus occidentalis is a sneaky US immigrant, but unlike his fellow human countrymen it is more or less harmless or so i heard

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira just showed me this cinnabar moth larva she found on some Oxford ragwort growing on the drive. She says they prefer this ragwort to the more common kind with the feathery leaves (she knows her plants much better than I do)

[ET2SN]

No pics (sorry) but I spotted a Luna moth chilling out next to an entry light for my building. Maybe a 3-4 inch wing span. They are pretty rare in this part of Iowa.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

In Minnesota we got Luna Moths: here's one at about the right size !

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Luna moths can be found in Florida as well I've seen a few there over the years that fight be as far south as they go.

Originally Posted by ET2SN

No pics (sorry) but I spotted a Luna moth chilling out next to an entry light for my building. Maybe a 3-4 inch wing span. They are pretty rare in this part of Iowa.

welcome to the "I've seen a luna moth's" fraternal order! Now, like the thread title says, we don't talk about it!

[August]

Found this little guy on our kitchen wall last night.



Haploa Clymene, otherwise known as the "Blessing Moth".

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Thanks for this truly startling photo, mate - we don't have this amazing creature here in the UK, but it's so obviously well-named. Looking just like a clergyman in his vestments he's just a bit - well - goose-bumply!

[August]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

^ Thanks for this truly startling photo, mate - we don't have this amazing creature here in the UK, but it's so obviously well-named. Looking just like a clergyman in his vestments he's just a bit - well - goose-bumply!

Some say that it's only a blessing if you see him like that. If he's turned the other way it means that the Devil is after you.

I looked again this morning and it was gone. It might be hiding out somewhere in the house or one of the cats or the dog might have eaten it but as I said i've lived in this region (nearly) all my life and i have never seen one of those before last night!

[Eichhörnchen]

Moira looked it up - we supposed there would be some folklore attached to it. She said it looks like an angel.

That's a great photo anyway - I'm not finding anything to take pictures of atm

[August]

Found flitting around the yard up at my cabin this past weekend.


White Admiral

Limenitis arthemis

[Eichhörnchen]

Very similar to our own British race: (not my photo)

Our White Admiral is a strictly woodland insect, fast flying and difficult to follow. Some have a very faint trace of red in a couple of the hind wing spots but nothing near this much. We'd never hope to see one in the garden here - only out in the countryside.

Thanks for posting, August - it's great for me to see what you guys have found and photographed, rather than looking at pictures in books

[August]

Here's one I saw the other day that I haven't been able to identify. Maybe you'll know:

[Aktungbby]

I believe that is the One Dotted Dart moth: Abrigotis Magnicupda. "Found in Massachusetts to Eastern Missouri". The pointy head and antennae seem to match.

[August]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I believe that is the One Dotted Dart moth: Abrigotis Magnicupda. "Found in Massachusetts to Eastern Missouri". The pointy head and antennae seem to match.

You could be right although the brown spots look a bit different.


You know what else it might be?


Angle Shade Moth
Euplexia benesimilis

[Sean C]

Saw this guy in my yard the other day. I think it's a Red-spotted Purple Admiral.

[Rockstar]

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