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So this is Where the Moth Folks Are?
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Posted by susanlynne48 (My Page) on Mon, May 8, 06 at 16:01
| I've been on the Butterfly forum for so long, I didn't even think about the Insect forum. I am really into sphinx moths, and other moths (other than the fancy schmancy silk moths, which I like, but haven't seen too many of yet).
I promise I will learn to use the macros on my Sony Cybershot D7 so I can take photos.
Right now, I'm having fun with my Virginia Creeper, which seems to attract so many different kinds of moth larva. Just in the last two days I've found the larva of the eight-spotted forester, and a sphinx that I can't quite ID yet because it's too small. Last year, though, I had eumorpha achemons on it, so it wouldn't surprise me if they're back. The sphinx is safely captured, along with an egg in a separate container, that I don't have any idea what it might be yet either.
Woo-hoo! I am planting out plenty of solanceae family plants, e.g. tomatoes, daturas, nicandra, solanum quitense, salpiglossi, chinese lanterns, etc. I also have honeysuckle for the clearwings, which I seem to get a few of also.
Now if I can just keep them from getting parasitized-ugh-those nasty brachnids and flies!
Susan (from OKC) |
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RE: So this is Where the Moth Folks Are?
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| Susanlynne, You'll probably see a few of your butterfly forum friends here as well. This is a very interesting and knowledgeable forum here too. I like all kinds of bugs although I seem to be more partial to the lepidopteras. Could your sphinx be a pandora? |
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| Get your ID of all moths on this forum! Especially small brown ones. Pictures help. |
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| Larry gene..I love you! When my cecropias hatch, I'll post pictures just for you! I figure it wil be a change for you over those darned cabbage whites! |
RE: So this is Where the Moth Folks Are?
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| Looking forward to pix of large brown moths also. |
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| Larry_Gene - FYI - I am letting little patches of ornamental cabbages grow just for your favorite butterfly! Can anyone help me figure out how to use the macros on my Sony Cybershot D7 so I can take photos of my caterpillars? I usually can ID them so far. Emma - yes, it could very well be a pandora, which is why I am reluctant and unable to make a positive ID yet because it is so small it doesn't have any distinguishing marks yet. I need to go check him/her out this morning. These cats are so few and far between IMO, that the ones I do find, I want to keep track of if at all possible. I wish I had captured the little eight-spotted forester, but, sigh.....I didn't because I didn't know what it was at first, not being a hornworm. Larry_Gene - large brown moths? or, large brown cats? Emma - I like the bugs, too. I have an insect book, a rather large one, that my kids gave me for Mother's Day last year. They couldn't believe it when I sat down and read it in 2 days - it's about 600 pages. I see ailanthus moths frequently in the yard, and I know they are webworms, but the moths are so pretty! At first, I couldn't believe they were a moth - thought they were some kind of bug. Susan |
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| A picture of large fudge brownies would be nice, I've already seen quite a few cabbage whites this year. |
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