The second annual Moth-er's Night Out at the UT Arboretum last Saturday evening was a great success! Last year we had about 10 people who showed up, including Diana, it was her birthday that day and she wanted to do something "different", little did she know she would leave that night hooked on nocturnal lepidoptera! :) This time it was well-advertised by the Arboretum Society in the local newspapers, I was thrilled to have a standing room only crowd (the lobby area of the office is small!) of 40 people. What a nice surprise that was! Several elementary-aged children came with their parents (I'm glad they didn't think it was Mothers' Night Out and left them there for me to babysit! Ha!), they loved seeing all the insects. Diana helped me by setting up a sheet on the outside of the building. I set one up between 2 trees near the woods. We had lots of Grapeleaf Folders, a Tulip Tree Beauty, a Black-bordered Lemon, Hebrew, lots of micros and several others. I took photos of close to 30 different species, I'll try to get them ID'd soon. Diana and I talked about wanting to ask the TN Moth-ers to send in some information about ourselves and perhaps a photo. We thought it would be nice to get to know each other since we all communicate so often. :) I noticed she wrote a short bio tonight. I'll try to get mine done soon. Hugh gave us the idea when he sent info on himself. I've been working on the new playground in Oak Ridge. It is a community build and I've been working there nearly every day since last Wed. (thus no recent reports). There are large, bright security lights set out each night and the next morning several moths have landed on the equipment. Today I saw a lot of Tent Caterpillar moths, a gorgeous Rosy Maple moth and several Small Maple Spanworm moths. Yesterday I rescued a Luna from being buried and saw my first Wavy-lined Heterocampa! The other workers now alert me to moths that they find! :) I'm anxious to see what comes tonight. Well, it's time to go out and check my sheet! Good night. Kris