Tree and fence alongside our road out. Taken while on our afternoon walk. It was nice to see some blue sky after several days of overcast.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Linden Looper Moth (Erannis tiliaria - 6665)
Linden Looper Moth
Erannis tiliaria - 6665
Typically a "winter moth", and Winter Moth is this species other common name.
Host plants are numerous, including Hosts include basswood, apple, ash, beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, poplar.
This is a male moth; females are wingless.
Source: BugGuide
Erannis tiliaria - 6665
Typically a "winter moth", and Winter Moth is this species other common name.
Host plants are numerous, including Hosts include basswood, apple, ash, beech, birch, elm, maple, oak, poplar.
This is a male moth; females are wingless.
Source: BugGuide
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Waterfall
Around four inches of rain earlier in the week has the winter creek below our house flowing.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus - female)
Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus - female
Range: Widespread in eastern North America.
Food: Adults feed on nectar.
Life cycle: A female lays an egg inside a small mud nest she has built attached to a twig or other stable structure. She provisions the nest with small caterpillars which the larva eats as it grows and develops. It emerges from the nest as an adult.
There are two or three generations of potter wasps a year, depending upon location. The final generation of the year overwinters inside the nest and emerges the following spring. (For photos of larva inside a mud nest, see here.
Source: BugGuide
Eumenes fraternus - female
Range: Widespread in eastern North America.
Food: Adults feed on nectar.
Life cycle: A female lays an egg inside a small mud nest she has built attached to a twig or other stable structure. She provisions the nest with small caterpillars which the larva eats as it grows and develops. It emerges from the nest as an adult.
There are two or three generations of potter wasps a year, depending upon location. The final generation of the year overwinters inside the nest and emerges the following spring. (For photos of larva inside a mud nest, see here.
Source: BugGuide
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americanum - 7701)
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Male)
(Malacosoma americanum - 7701)
Range: Eastern and central US to the Rockies and Canada from Nova Scotia to Alberta.
Food: Larvae feed on leaves of many trees and shrubs but particularly members of the rose family such as apple, cherry, and crabapple.
Life Cycle: In the fall, a female lays an eggs mass on a twig where it overwinters. The larvae hatch in the spring. They construct a tent of webbing in which the feed and grow. Eventually, the caterpillars will disburse and pupate.
(Note: Photo taken on 6/1/11)
Source: BugGuide
(Malacosoma americanum - 7701)
Range: Eastern and central US to the Rockies and Canada from Nova Scotia to Alberta.
Food: Larvae feed on leaves of many trees and shrubs but particularly members of the rose family such as apple, cherry, and crabapple.
Life Cycle: In the fall, a female lays an eggs mass on a twig where it overwinters. The larvae hatch in the spring. They construct a tent of webbing in which the feed and grow. Eventually, the caterpillars will disburse and pupate.
(Note: Photo taken on 6/1/11)
Source: BugGuide
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Monday, November 07, 2011
Beggar Moth (Eubaphe mendica - 7440)
Beggar Moth
(Eubaphe mendica - 7440)
Flight: May-September; three broods.
Caterpillar Hosts: Maples and violets.
Range: Common throughout eastern North America.
(from BAMONA)
(Eubaphe mendica - 7440)
Flight: May-September; three broods.
Caterpillar Hosts: Maples and violets.
Range: Common throughout eastern North America.
(from BAMONA)
See also:
BugGuide
Moth Photographers Group
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