A PHOTOGRAPHIC MOTH-HUNTING JOURNAL

Monday, July 6, 2009

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
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moth hunt 23 June 2009

beginning with common/abundant moths:

Clymene (x4, only one shown)
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Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth
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The Hebrew
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Small Engrailed (not 100% sure on this ID)
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Carpenterworm Sphinx (x3, only one shown)
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Spotted Datana (x3)
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Beautiful Wood Nymph
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Yellow-Striped Armyworm Moth
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Spiny Oakworm Moth, males (x2)
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Andromeda Underwing (x2, one shown)
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Epione Underwing (x5, two shown)
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False Underwing
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Ilia Underwing (x2)
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Little Lined Underwing (mostly sure this is the correct ID)
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Little Nymph (x4, one shown)
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Residua Underwing (x2, one shown)
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Scarlet Underwing (x2)
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Unidentified Underwing, needs ID

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Polygrammodes flavidalis
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Giant Leopard Moth
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Walnut Sphinx
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Virginia Creeper Sphinx
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Small-Eyed Sphinx and White Dotted Prominent
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(closer view of Small-Eyed Sphinx)
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Uncommon to Rare moths:

Inconsolable Underwing
(x2)
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Huckleberry Sphinx
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Holly Borer
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Giant Silkmoths:

Luna, male
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Io, male
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Tulip-Tree, male

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Tulip-Tree, male & Polyphemus, female
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Polyphemus, female
(same as in above photo)
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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.
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Microscopic Views of Luna Moth & Viceroy Butterfly (compliments of tim and his dad's microscope, magnification ranges from 50x - 250x)

Luna
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Viceroy Butterfly

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