[ncsc-moths] Re: Is this Platynota exasperatana?
- From: "J. Merrill Lynch" <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:16:03 -0400
Congrats! I'm in a mothless spell right now-- snowed yesterday and chilly
again today. Hopefully by Thursday they'll be flying again.
Merrill
On Apr 24, 2012 6:11 AM, "Harry Wilson" <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the confirmation, Merrill. I believe that this one finally
> got my “yard count” up to 600.
>
> Harry
>
> *From:* J. Merrill Lynch <jmerrilllynch@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:05 AM
> *To:* ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ncsc-moths] Re: Is this Platynota exasperatana?
>
> Harry, I think you're right on the i.d.--that's a pretty distinctive
> tort. It does appear to fly mainly in July-Aug but there are outliers on
> either side so I wouldn't rule it out just on that basis.
>
> Merrill
>
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Harry Wilson
> <harrywilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I had this Tort a couple of nights ago, and as I leafed through my new
>> field guide I thought that it might be Platynota exasperatana. But BG lists
>> the flight period as July and August. There is a photo there that is very
>> close to my moth - http://bugguide.net/node/view/608193. And since we
>> had no noticeable winter and plants are blooming and leafing out several
>> weeks ahead of schedule, maybe the moth arrived early as well. Or have I
>> just failed to dig deeply enough into MPG and BG?
>>
>> Harry Wilson
>> Zebulon, NC
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> --
> J. Merrill Lynch
> Echo Valley Farm
> Watauga County, NC
> Elevation: 3,400 feet
>
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