Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Year: 2010.
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"First of the Spring season at the porchlight. (When I was first trying to learn moths and hadn't identified this critter, I referred to it in my field notes as the ""JC"" moth. Note the pattern of the dark splotches on the forewings.)"
With daylight saving's time, it gets dark at like 5:30... Ugh. Well, at least that gives me some time to play with moths! :) I'll work on this moth later on with the discover life moth guide: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Moth&cl=US/TX&flags=HAS:
With daylight saving's time, it gets dark at like 5:30... Ugh. Well, at least that gives me some time to play with moths! :) I'll work on this moth later on with the discover life moth guide: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Moth&cl=US/TX&flags=HAS:
I believe this is my earliest image of Festive Midget, just when I was really getting back into moth identification. Ph. at a porchlight at a cabin on the Beard tract of Balcones Canyonlands NWR.
Three April records from the Refuge showing some range in variation in this species. The species was often common in the spring at this porchlight in open juniper-oak woodlands. Compare MPG: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9681
Three April records from the Refuge showing some range in variation in this species. The species was often common in the spring at this porchlight in open juniper-oak woodlands. Compare MPG: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9681
Three April records from the Refuge showing some range in variation in this species. The species was often common in the spring at this porchlight in open juniper-oak woodlands. Compare MPG: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9681