Given the recent low moth numbers, I wasn’t very optimistic when I looked in the light trap this morning but was pleasantly surprised when I found 5 macro moths of 5 species and 2 micro moths of 2 species. I haven’t identified the micros yet but there was a nice geometrid that I haven’t seen before, an American Barred Umber Moth (Plagodis pulveraria). There was also a White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata) but I haven’t included a photograph as it was a little damaged. Still, it is good to know that some Sphinx moths are in the neighbourhood… With the new moth my backyard macro moth list is now 259 species. However, to date, the 2013 backyard species list is just 32.
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