This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. NMW participant Teá Kesting-Handly sent us photos and information on Catocala gracilis: Catocala love to feed on bait, uncommonly, they can also be found on flowers! Here is a photo of Catocala gracilis feeding on the flower of Asclepias syriaca. A second photo shows this same moth on …
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of Catocala palaeogama was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN, USA. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week 2016 will be held from 23rd to 31st July. Anyone can participate. Register a public or …
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This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. This photo of Catocala epione was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN, USA. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week 2016 will be held from 23rd to 31st July. Anyone can participate. Register a public or …
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The Flickr album contains 357 photos of moths from National Moth Week participants in Japan. More about NMW in Japan at http://www.nationalmothweek-jp.net/
This year NMW is celebrating the genus Catocala or Underwing moths. These fantastic moths may look dull at first glance, but will often reveal their showy hindwings when disturbed. They come in many colors, brown, gray, black, white, red, yellow, orange and even pink! One of Massachusett’s most splendid Catocala, is restricted to pine barrens habitats, …
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This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. Catocala preclara is a common blueberry feeding Catocala found in many different habitats. This one is from Plymouth County, Massachusetts in July of 2015. Photo by Teá Kesting-Handly. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week 2016 …
I met Jim Durbin in April when he was birding in Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA. Jim is a wildlife photographer and maintains websites documenting birds and insects of his state. I asked Jim about the Moth of Iowa web pages and here is what he sent. Liti ——————————————————- Moths of Iowa website – Guest post from Jim …
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Photography Exhibit Last on Display at New York’s American Museum of Natural History Features New, Local Species Venice, CA— On June 28, The G2 Gallery will open Moths at LArge, an exhibit from Canadian moth expert and photographer Jim des Rivières that was originally shown at the American Museum of Natural History in …
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This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. These photos of Catocala vidua was taken by David Moskowitz in East Brunswick, NJ (USA) on September 21, 2011. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week 2016 will be held from 23rd to 31st July. Anyone can …
This year’s National Moth Week’s spotlighted moths are the Underwings. These photos of Catocala ultronia was taken by Ken Childs in Henderson, TN (USA) on June 11, 2016. See more photos of Underwings and other moths on the National Moth Week Flickr group. National Moth Week 2016 will be held from 23rd to 31st July. Anyone can …
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