Moth'ers, The best night yet so far this year in Watauga County. Perfect conditions; balmy with temps holding around 54 degrees until 9pm. I had about 65 individuals of 11 species, including three lifers (!!); almost all at my sugar bait except for 3 species of Agonopterix that were attracted to the UV light on the porch. Here is the rundown: Lithophane unimoda #9916 (Dowdy Pinion): 20+ Lithophane joannis #9889.1: 4 *Lithophane pexata #9922 (Plush-naped Pinion): 1 (LIFER)*; at sugar bait; pic attached Eupsilia morrisoni #9936 (Morrison's Sallow): 25+ Eupsilia vinulenta #9933 (Straight-toothed Sallow): 4 (2 orange spotted form and 2 white spotted form) Eupsilia tristigmata #9935 (Three-spotted Sallow): 2 *Eupsilia devia #9939 (Lost Sallow): 1 (LIFER); *at sugar bait; pic attached Pyreferra citrombra #9930 (Citrine Sallow): 2 Agonopterix pulvipennella #0867: 3 (at light sheet) Agonopterix canadensis #0878 (Canadian Agonopterix Moth): 2 (at light sheet) *Agonopterix alstroemeriana #0874.1 (Poison Hemlock Moth): 1 (LIFER); *at light sheet; pic attached -- J. Merrill Lynch Echo Valley Farm Watauga County, NC Elevation: 3,400 feet
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