Debbie Goedde is an Adv. Master Naturalist in Evansville, Indiana. She participated in National Moth Week in the past three years. In 2016 she ran a few mothing events: on July 23 a private event at a for large garden organization at their display gardens. On July 25 at 2 different private events at local homes. On July 27 invitation only event held at a public botanical garden. A planned event on July 29 was canceled due to weather and on July 30 a public mothing event at the wetlands.
To see some of the moths Debbie photographed during the events at a local home on July 25, 2016 – click here. Debbie shared with us a list of the moths that were identified in the various events.
These are a few unidentified moths – any help to ID is greatly appreciated
On 7-23-16 these moths were photographed at gardens near a busy expressway:
grateful midget moth celery leaftier moth chickweed geometer moth
the white-speck moth Lucerne moth snowy urola moth
the wedgling moth Clemens grass tubeworm moth
On 7-25-16 we blacklighted for about an hour at home. Here is a list of identified moths:
catalpa sphinx moth reticulated fruitworm moth splendid palpita moth
double-banded grass-veneer moth the wedgling moth
orange-headed epicallima moth basswood leafroller moth
small bird-dropping moth dead-wood borer moth
white-lined snout moth drab prominent moth
On 7-27-16 we blacklighted at a large botanical garden:
clemens’ grass tubeworm moth catalpa sphinx moth
drab prominent moth abbott’s sphinx moth
red-banded leafroller moth common idia moth
grapeleaf skeletonizer moth the Hebrew moth
American idia moth yellow-striped armyworm moth
the Lucerne moth waterlily leafcutter moth
grateful midget moth small mossy glyph moth
elegant grass-veneer moth sober renia moth
large lace-border moth black-bordered lemon moth
snowy urola moth faint-spotted palthis
obtuse yellow moth a sparganothid moth
On 7-30-16 we blacklighted at Howell Wetlands:
Ailanthes webworm moth Isabella tiger moth Yellow-striped armyworm
Faint-spotted palthis Delicate cycnia Lost owlet mot
Black-banded owlet Bluegrass webworm
Grateful midget Waved sphinx moth Large mossy glyph
Maple looper Harnessed tiger moth
Clemens’ grass tubeworm moth Elegant grass-veneer
Yellow-collared armyworm
Either sycamore tussock or banded tussock
Green cloverworm Celery leaftier
Oblique-banded leafroller Waterlily leafcutter moth
Grateful midget Black-bordered lemon
Dimorphic macalla Large paectus Sharp stigma looper
Cherry casebearer
The last unidentified moth is Hydrelia inornata, Unadorned Carpet. The second unidentified moth is Lambdina sp. Another moth you have identified as probably Canadian Melanolophia is Digrammia ocellinata, Faint-spotted Angle.