BUT, the other night was rather warm, so Ellen and I decided to run a couple of lights to see what might be lurking about...... One mercury vapor light & one blacklight was all we needed, as we were pleasantly surprised with a nice selection of bugs given the date.
I went inside for like 7 seconds, and when I came back out, Ellen had trapped this nice harnessed tiger moth, Apantesis phalerata. (above)
After photographing it, I needed to run back inside to make sure I had fresh batteries. When I came back out...........Ellen......again.............had something bad-ass!
carpenterworm moth, Prionoxystus robiniae
After the inital moth excitement, something 'big' came in......................"Is that a dobsonfly?" asked James. Upon closer examination, no.........this was a female fishfly, Chauliodes rastricornis!!!!! We got some awesome shots of her......including one in which you can see the ocelli perfectly!
A third moth, Leucania scirpicola put in an appearance (thanks to Vernon Brou, Jr. for the i.d.!), and just posed nicely............
Not bad for February, eh? -j
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