[tn-moths] Re: Monday Moth
- From: "Jean Obrist" <innisfree22@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 19:55:39 -0400
Hope your wife is recovering quickly. Prayers for both of you. Jean
From: Larry McDaniel
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 1:44 PM
To: Mary Ann Kinch
Cc: Connie Deegan ; BUTTERFLY NET ; BUTTERNUTS ; tn-moths
Subject: [tn-moths] Re: Monday Moth
Sorry for being a little late. My wife at major surgery this morning.
Moth Study Site update 4/6
I operated the moth study site at Winged Deer Park three evenings this past
week. I took advantage of the warmer weather to focus on experimenting with
different locations for setting up the lights. We hope to have a permanent
light installed soon. When it is in place we plan to change to early Sunday
mornings (one hour before sunrise) to conduct the study. For now we are moving
to Saturday evenings (a half hour after sunset).
I would like to thank Buck Lewis of Bristol, TN for lending me two mercury
vapor bulbs and an ultra violet light. Buck is a retired entomologist who
specialized in moths at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. He has
been a big contributor of time and equipment for insect study in our area. His
lights proved to be very helpful at the Winged Deer study site.
Over the three nights I photographed 30 species of moths. That’s pretty good
for the first week in April. Numbers should go up in the months ahead. There
was also a nice assortment of beetles, flies, leafhoppers, caddisflies,
lacewings, wasps and other insects.
The Common Eupithecia Moth (Eupithecia miserulata) in the family Geometridae,
is one of the most frequently seen species I see at the lights. I took the
attached photo at the Winged Deer study site on April 2nd. The genus, also
known as pugs, is a large group that can be difficult to identify to species.
They all have the same characteristic shape with their wings held out at 90
degrees from the body. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including
coneflower, asters, willows, cherry, juniper and clover.
The next outing at the study site will be Saturday evening April 12th at 8:15
pm. If you would like to join me please contact me at
Larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or (423) 773-9234. Volunteers are needed to make
this important project work. No experience is required, just the desire to
learn, have fun and contribute to science.
Larry McDaniel
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From: makwdpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: larrycmcd@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: ConnieDeegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Monday Moth
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:33:38 +0000
Larry, do you have the Monday Moth write up and photo for today? Thanks, Mary
Ann
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