Jackie, After looking at Ken's Picasa album I feel certain that that moth is Caenuria chlorophila, a species I have seen but do not know well. Hugh On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Jackie Nelson <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Thank you for the information, Hugh > Jackie > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Hugh McGuinness > <hdmcguinness@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Jackie, >> >> This does not look like a Geo to me, but a Noctuid. In any event it, is >> not Operphtera which has the look of a Larentiine. Finally, O brumata is >> not known from TN as far as I know and would be indeed a horrible >> discovery; at this point I think it is much more likely that you would find >> O. bruceata where you live. >> >> Hugh >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Jackie Nelson >> <ephemeropterae@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> I believe this is a worn Winter Moth - Operophtera brumata. The photo >>> was taken 5/29 - the Bruce Spanworms, etc. only have one brood. >>> >>> Jackie >>> NC/S.appalachians >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Hugh McGuinness >> Sag Harbor, NY >> >> > > > -- > > <") > ( \ > / |`` > > Jackie > > -- Hugh McGuinness Sag Harbor, NY