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Resting in the low vegetation.
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About the size of a Vetch Looper Moth Possibly a very light morph of a Thin-lined Owlet, Isogona tennis The second image is a artificially contrasted image with high contrast and sharpening.
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About the size of a Vetch Looper Moth Possibly a very light morph of a Thin-lined Owlet, Isogona tennis The second image is a artificially contrasted image with high contrast and sharpening.
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At porchlight.
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At porchlight. Another pale color variation in the variable moth. Here's the MPG page for the species.
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A few at porchlight this night. This highly variable species shows up in small numbers in the Fall. I have records from about Oct. 12 to Dec. 3.
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Seen resting on the wall
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Seen resting on the wall
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Seen resting on the wall
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Seen resting on the wall
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I am not a Moth person but thinking the distinctive line across the wings should help me figure this one out.
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"Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) 9 October 2015: Walked about at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) in Sherman, Texas, and came upon this Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) perched on some of the low-lying green plants next to a wetlands area and pier. Additional popular names for this moth include Woolly Pyrol Moth, Velvetbean Caterpillar, and in Spanish, Gusano terciopelo de la soya and Isoca de las leguminosas. The Velvet Bean Moth did not fly off when we got close to it as most other butterflies and moths might do and surely it had to have had its reasons why. Instead it allowed us to take some rather excellent digital images of its likeness. We post three of these images here. In addition, we must state that BugGuide has provided us with the IDentity for this moth and for that we thank them especially A. Hendrickson who confirmed the ID made initially by shotguneddie. Thanks. To access the BugGuide IDentification go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1153918 And to access additional images of this highly variable moth and caterpillar at BugGuide, go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413/bgimage Here's the classification for this moth provided at BugGuide, which can be accessed here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413 Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) No Taxon (Moths) Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Erebidae Subfamily Eulepidotinae Tribe Panopodini Genus Anticarsia Species gemmatalis (Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8574) The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Source: ""Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner),"" Bayer Crop Science, detailed description provided, accessed 10.12.15, http://www.cropscience.bayer.com/Products-and-Innovation/Crop-Compendium/Pests-Diseases-Weeds/Pests/Anticarsia-gemmatalis.aspx"
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"Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) 9 October 2015: Walked about at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) in Sherman, Texas, and came upon this Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) perched on some of the low-lying green plants next to a wetlands area and pier. Additional popular names for this moth include Woolly Pyrol Moth, Velvetbean Caterpillar, and in Spanish, Gusano terciopelo de la soya and Isoca de las leguminosas. The Velvet Bean Moth did not fly off when we got close to it as most other butterflies and moths might do and surely it had to have had its reasons why. Instead it allowed us to take some rather excellent digital images of its likeness. We post three of these images here. In addition, we must state that BugGuide has provided us with the IDentity for this moth and for that we thank them especially A. Hendrickson who confirmed the ID made initially by shotguneddie. Thanks. To access the BugGuide IDentification go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1153918 And to access additional images of this highly variable moth and caterpillar at BugGuide, go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413/bgimage Here's the classification for this moth provided at BugGuide, which can be accessed here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413 Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) No Taxon (Moths) Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Erebidae Subfamily Eulepidotinae Tribe Panopodini Genus Anticarsia Species gemmatalis (Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8574) The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Source: ""Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner),"" Bayer Crop Science, detailed description provided, accessed 10.12.15, http://www.cropscience.bayer.com/Products-and-Innovation/Crop-Compendium/Pests-Diseases-Weeds/Pests/Anticarsia-gemmatalis.aspx"
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"Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) 9 October 2015: Walked about at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) in Sherman, Texas, and came upon this Velvet Bean Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis) perched on some of the low-lying green plants next to a wetlands area and pier. Additional popular names for this moth include Woolly Pyrol Moth, Velvetbean Caterpillar, and in Spanish, Gusano terciopelo de la soya and Isoca de las leguminosas. The Velvet Bean Moth did not fly off when we got close to it as most other butterflies and moths might do and surely it had to have had its reasons why. Instead it allowed us to take some rather excellent digital images of its likeness. We post three of these images here. In addition, we must state that BugGuide has provided us with the IDentity for this moth and for that we thank them especially A. Hendrickson who confirmed the ID made initially by shotguneddie. Thanks. To access the BugGuide IDentification go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1153918 And to access additional images of this highly variable moth and caterpillar at BugGuide, go here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413/bgimage Here's the classification for this moth provided at BugGuide, which can be accessed here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7413 Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) No Taxon (Moths) Superfamily Noctuoidea Family Erebidae Subfamily Eulepidotinae Tribe Panopodini Genus Anticarsia Species gemmatalis (Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8574) The Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Source: ""Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner),"" Bayer Crop Science, detailed description provided, accessed 10.12.15, http://www.cropscience.bayer.com/Products-and-Innovation/Crop-Compendium/Pests-Diseases-Weeds/Pests/Anticarsia-gemmatalis.aspx"
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On the wall of the convenience store in Tennille, FL.
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Photographed at a convenience store along Florida 57 just off of I-10 south of Monticello, FL.
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