Hey, Rikki Took a quick look at lunch: 1 - Tulip Tree Beauty 2,3,7 - I think you are correct here. M. signataria and M. canadaria are tough to separate and we have both. If memory serves, M. canadaria are usually more distinctly marked (if not worn) and have a more jagged PM line. So I'm leaning toward M. signataria for these. 4,5 - Curve-toothed Geometer 6 - Common Oak Moth 8,11,12 - 5226, Palpita magniferalis 10 - 8592, Black-dotted Brown, Cissusa spadix 13 - one of the Tortricidae, looks familiar but can't call it from memory 14 - another I recognize but can't remember the name at the moment 15 - Eupithecia sp., probably either Common Eupithecia or a short- winged E. matheri (either male or female is short-winged in this species but I'm not sure which... does looks rather patterned) but best left as Eupithecia sp. 16 - Good luck :-) Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Rikki Hall wrote:
I've uploaded 16 moth photos<http://www.bluemelon.com/sourpersimmon/porchmoths4-4-10>from last night. Two potential FOYs are a large, boldly patterned Geometer <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487270.jpg> and a handsome moth <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487281.jpg> I think is a Pyralid, of which there are three photos. There are also three microleps that could be FOYs, but I have yet to learn how to distinguish even superfamilies for them. Also notable is a likely Melanolophia signataria with a malformed right hindwing <http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/12194/487271.jpg>. Looking at it with the naked eye, I thought it had been damaged by a bird, but it's clear from the photo that the wing did not unfold properly. I think I've IDed the repeats correctly, and I'm looking forward to more help learning what's in this batch. Rikki Hall Rockford, Blount Co