[tn-moths] Re: tiger moth help
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 05:50:03 -0700 (PDT)
I can't really say much about the hindwing coloration of my local nais. I don't
usually handle them so unless they pose with their wings spread, I don't see
the hindwing.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness@xxxxxxxx>
>To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tn-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, May 6, 2011 9:41 AM
>Subject: [tn-moths] Re: [ncsc-moths] tiger moth help
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>Hi Ken et al,
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>Apantesis is a mess and really needs an eager young Ph.D. student (or a highly
>motivated amateur) to figure out what is going on. In addition to phalerata,
>nais and vittata, there is also the relatively poorly unknown carlotta. I get
>a lot of carlotta here on Long Island, but apparently vittata does not get
>this far north. I would love to hear how people in your neck of the woods
>separate these four species. One caveat is that here on LI the females of nais
>and phalerata end up looking a lot like vittata, so it may turn out that there
>are separate field marks for makes and females.
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>As for your moth, it is a male and it has a reddish HW. Do male nais show a
>reddish HW in your area? I think here it is only females that have a reddish
>HW (although I am not 100% confident in that assertion).
>
>Hugh
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>On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:28 AM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Is this an 8170 Apantesis vittata – Banded Tiger Moth or an oddly marked 8171
>Apantesis nais – Nais Tiger Moth?
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>>http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/Moths%202011/Moths%202011%20temporary/IMG_3019.jpg
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>>Ken Childs
>>Henderson, TN
>>Chester County
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>>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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>Hugh McGuinness
>The Ross School
>18 Goodfriend Drive
>East Hampton, NY 11937
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