Although not nearly as productive as Parker's (or as long), I had a very good night as well. The highlight was a tiger moth that kept flying around our front stoop as I tried to photograph it. It turned out to be a new one for me, the Salt Marsh Moth. What a beauty!
Harry Wilson Zebulon, North Carolina----- Original Message ----- From: "parker backstrom" <dpbackstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 09:18 Subject: [ncsc-moths] What A Night?
Hi Ya'll. Last night was CRAZY good for moths here in western Chatham County. I recorded a conservative total of 110 species including a number that were new for me despite my total of almost 700 species photographed. The highlights are many and I don't have time right now to send a list (I hope to sometime this week although it's going to take some time to identify a bunch of them) but a few of my favorites were: - five species of slug moths (very cool) - 2554 Maple Callus Borer Moth - 6726 Obtuse Euchlaena - 9285 The Hebrew - 8721 False Underwing - three species of tussock moths - 7053 Showy Emerald - 6720 Common Lytrosis - five species of notodontids (prominents) There were bunches of Luna Moths but strangly I had just 1 individual sphinx, a Virginia Creeper. I actually accidentally didn't get to bed last night--I lost track of the time and by the time I got in the cats and dog were starting their day effectively ending my chances of getting to sleep so I'm running on fumesbut it was worth it. Hearing Whip-poor-will calling all night was very niceas well.On Friday morning (I'm finally beating the birds to my mothing spots) I had,among other things: - 5073 White-fringed Pyrausta - 9189 The Laugher - 7775 Carolina Sphinx - three species of tussock moths Good mothing! Parker Backstrom Bear Creek, Chatham County