Carolina moth'ers, I continue to sort through the moths I photographed over the July 4th weekend. I'm up to over 120 species now including some cool ones pictured below. 1) Dark-banded Geometer (Ecliptopera atricolorata) #7214 Fairly common around my place and one of the more striking Geometers 2) Gray Spruce Looper Moth (Caripeta divisata) #6863 Second record for my Watauga County site; scarcity of evergreens in the immediate vicinity of my house is probably the reason I don't see it more often 3) Dark-spotted Looper Moth (Diachrysia aereoides) #8896 This is apparently rare in North Carolina and has a more northern distribution; I was only able to find one record for it in NC--in the GSMNP -- J. Merrill Lynch Echo Valley Farm Watauga County, NC Elevation: 3,400 feet
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