Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Moth Identification

Four May Moths
(Photo:  Marvin Smith on 5/30/09)


Can you find the moth that's a different species?

Three Juniper-twig Geometers (Patalene olyzonaria)

One Brown Scoopwing Moth (Calledapteryx dryopterata)

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7 comments:

  1. Lisa at Greenbow3:26 PM, March 02, 2010

    It must be much warmer where you live Marvin. I can't get over seeing these moths already. Happy Spring.

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  2. Lana Gramlich3:40 PM, March 02, 2010

    It actually took me a few seconds, but I got it! Cool post & image.

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  3. Marvin9:53 PM, March 02, 2010

    We've had a few moths on a couple of warmer evenings in 2010, but this image and several I've posted recently are from last year.

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  4. Nook Naturalists5:58 PM, March 03, 2010

    Yes. But very cool test!

    Geometer. So this is what inchworms look like when they grow up? Great photo, Marvin.

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  5. Marvin12:40 AM, March 04, 2010

    This is what one of the many inch worms looks like as an adult. This one.

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  6. Andree7:56 PM, March 05, 2010

    **patting myself on back**
    GOT IT!
    I'm pretty familiar with geometers, only because they are so easy! Have a brown line on the wings? Probably geometer. And I've never seen the other. Thank you for not discouraging me with moth IDs!! I look forward to more of these quizzes!

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  7. Anonymous10:37 PM, March 10, 2010

    how cool to get 4 in 1! love the brown scalloped moth, I've never seen one of those yet.

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