[ncsc-moths] Re: winter moth
- From: Harry Wilson <wilson.harry.e@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:08:10 -0500
I had a couple of moths at lights this morning and it was 23 degrees!
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Doug Allen <dougk4ly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mathis,
> I have seen a few moths in the headlights with temps in the 40's
> recently, but 17 degrees is amazing. I set out the black lights the first
> two weeks of December and had 25 species here in upstate SC, but with more
> recent temps dropping well below 50 degrees by sunset, I'm waiting for
> warmer weather to resume moth-ing, and in the meantime I'm taking another
> look at all those hundreds of photographs of unidentified moths!
>
> Doug Allen Windmill Hill, SC
>
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mathis <weer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Are there active moths in winter? YES!
>>
>> Sunday I was the driver for a team of the Mt. Rogers Christmas Bird
>> Count. Keep in mind that there was snow on the ground in that area of
>> southwest Virginia, and the temperature was about 17 degrees. It was on
>> Hwy. 58, and I was pulling off the road at the instructions of my team
>> mate. As I pulled off the highway, a somewhat large moth flew in front of
>> my truck. I was very surprised considering the snow, but I didn’t want my
>> team mate to think I was completely loony. So, I decided to keep the
>> observation to myself. Then, my team mate suddenly said that he had seen a
>> moth flying.
>>
>>
>> We discussed this strange sighting and marveled that we both had seen it!
>> It was not a leaf blowing in the wind, and we were not hallucinating! The
>> moth was real and alive.
>>
>> Cecelia Mathis
>>
>
>
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Harry Wilson
Zebulon, NC
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