Hummingbird Moth Banking in for a Wild Iris Feed! Hummingbird Moth Hovers in Place on Wild Iris Love it when the Humming bird moths first appear- a member of the Sphingidae, the Sphinx moth group.  These are day-time flying hummingbird mimics that astound me every time I see them.  I can watch one for a long time.  Just brilliant. ...

Gravelly bagworm! Gravelly bagworm! Gravelly bagworm! Parthenogenic Bagworm Just emerged from pupae, Sand case on right It starts to look a bit like a caterpillar upclose Caudal end of larva, is the ovipostor apparently modified as a grasping organ Cocoon 1/4 inch, pupa Just over 1/8 inch, larva about just under 1/8 inch Had...

Gray Banded Leaf Roller Moth Gray Banded Leaf Roller Moth Another warm season (well some might disagree) in the N.E. of the U.S., and another year I just shake my head at the unreal diversity in shape and color of the common moths of our yards.  The less appreciated relatives of the flamboyant butterflies.  But the night provides...

Maple Callous Borer Moth You have to like this moth if only for the fact that if you saw it fly by, you’d be hard pressed to ID it on the wing as a moth.  I didn’t.  LOL.  This is the Maple Callus Borer Moth, Synathedon acerni (species name = maple tree genus= Acer), the larva of which feeds as a borer of maple...

Noctuid Larvae This pretty little caterpillar is about 1/4 inch long.  It was happily making its way up a wall at 8:00 am at 30 degrees F, on Dece,ber 2, 2010.  Turns out that it is probably a late instar llavrae that will overwinter in this stage.  Best going guess by the bugguide experts, and I also concur after reiviwing...

Fuzz Moth The only thing I can tell you is, this was a moth.  I know because I was able to count six legs, and watch it fly off.   The group had all walked by, and I had seen what I thought at first was a piece of plant debris- fuzz if you will- sitting on a strap of an Anthurium leaf.  I had my camera on already, and so...

moth6 This is moth post number 6, which is shaped like a little stick.”  You’ll notice I’m missing moth post 4 and 5, and that is just fine.  It has to do with my system, that isn’t so great, but lets me proceed to moth’s 6, 7 and 8. *This is one really odd little scrawny thing of a moth, isn’t...

moth14 Moth 12 and 13 do not really exist, as part of this series but I still must persist.  So here I end for the night on magic moth 14, so that I may get some sleep, and leave you to wonder why some are missing in between.* *This moth apparently went to the flat moth council, and filed a complaint that most of the bark mimic...

Moth11 Moth 11 is workin’ the bark mimic mode, as if moths haven’t done so, or haven’t been told.

moth10 Moth 10 is so prim, proper I’d say, in a stoic and select kind of moth stoic way.