[tn-moths] potentially new for Knox County
- From: Avian Pursuits Nature Tours <naturetours@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 20:34:04 -0700 (PDT)
I'm home from a trip to northeast Pennsylvania (where I photographed several
moths - see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/sets/72157624418609258/)
and already am finding great new moth species in my front yard. Something seems
to be fermenting in the crotch of an ash tree and it is attracting lots of
insects - ants, wasps, Hackberry Emperor, Question Mark, Red-spotted
Purple...and a few moths. Here are two of the more spectacular moths that
showed
up there...so far! I think I may put out some old bananas and beer mix in the
future and see what that attracts.
Both 7-8-2010
Youthful Underwing, Catocala subnata
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/4775743885/
Nessus Sphinx, Amphion floridensis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/avian_pursuits/4776379524/
To my amazement, my camera caught the wings as if they were being held still -
this moth was flapping its wings the whole time!
David Trently
Avian Pursuits Nature Tours
...come see the real world!
Knoxville, TN
http://avianpursuits.com/
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