With the help of Jason Roberts through Michael, these moths have been ID'd as Soybean Looper Moths, Pseudoplusia includens. This species is very similar to the Common Looper Moth, Autographa precationis. Both species may be flying together. For now, Soybean Loopers are only listed for Chester County on BAMONA. Since they seem to be especially common this year, it would be a great chance to get them listed for many more counties in TN. If you spot one when you're out looking for butterflies in the next few weeks, please snap a shot and submit it to Jason, even though it's only a lowly moth. Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://www.finishflagfarms.com --- On Wed, 9/30/09, DJ Stanley <stanleydj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: DJ Stanley <stanleydj@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [TN-Butterflies] Re: FOY for Chester County To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx, tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 2:39 PM Looks like a Common Looper Moth -------Original Message------- From: kjchilds Date: 9/30/2009 4:27:01 PM To: TN Butterflies Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: FOY for Chester County There's a dayflying moth that is all over right now. They're feeding on just about any flower with a count of 5 to 15 at a time on my Lantana bush. I see them every year but never in numbers like I'm seeing now. Is anyone else seeing these? http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_0706.jpg The FAQ can be found by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies Please report any abuse or questions about this list to kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.