Wednesday, July 8, 2015

July 7 Moth on Creeper

I was on a slow extended adventure in the Lakeshore Preserve this afternoon and spent a long time admiring the compass plants and butterfly weed and coneflowers in the Biocore Prairie. I stepped off trail for a moment towards the forest for a look around, and noticed this inch-wide moth on a chewed up virginia creeper leaf. The moth sat stone still, not outwardly bothered by my picture taking. Most moths are noctural so it is likely that this one was "sleeping" the afternoon away. A fast search in my insects of the northwoods guide tells me this is a large lace-border moth (Scopula limboundata), recognized by the lacy border pattern on the hindwings and the three wavy tan lines running through the wings. Wavy lines are a marker of the inchworm family, the Geometridae. 

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