moth hunt 23 June 2009, plus extras

the Polyphemus caterpillars as of yesterday, 5 July 2009. at this stage, they have very ferocious-looking tiger stripes :D



moth hunt 23 June 2009

beginning with common/abundant moths:

Clymene (x4, only one shown)


Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth


The Hebrew


Small Engrailed (not 100% sure on this ID)


Carpenterworm Sphinx (x3, only one shown)


Spotted Datana (x3)




Beautiful Wood Nymph


Yellow-Striped Armyworm Moth


Spiny Oakworm Moth, males (x2)


Andromeda Underwing (x2, one shown)


Epione Underwing (x5, two shown)



False Underwing


Ilia Underwing (x2)



Little Lined Underwing (mostly sure this is the correct ID)


Little Nymph (x4, one shown)


Residua Underwing (x2, one shown)


Scarlet Underwing (x2)





Unidentified Underwing, needs ID


Polygrammodes flavidalis


Giant Leopard Moth



Walnut Sphinx


Virginia Creeper Sphinx


Small-Eyed Sphinx and White Dotted Prominent

(closer view of Small-Eyed Sphinx)


Uncommon to Rare moths:

Inconsolable Underwing (x2)



Huckleberry Sphinx


Holly Borer


Giant Silkmoths:

Luna, male


Io, male


Tulip-Tree, male



Tulip-Tree, male & Polyphemus, female


Polyphemus, female (same as in above photo)



REGALIS!, the Regal Moth, males (x2) a complete surprise find, what Gene Stratton-Porter referred to as her 'rarest moth' in northern indiana's limberlost.





Microscopic Views of Luna Moth & Viceroy Butterfly (compliments of tim and his dad's microscope, magnification ranges from 50x - 250x)

Luna










Viceroy Butterfly