biscuit

I found this moth photo while going through a box of family photos. It was taken somewhere in Colorado in July or August 1991 - I was 12 years old (the hand is mine, but I don't remember the specifics) and we were on a family vacation that started in Albuquerque and ended in Denver.

I think the moth is a Great Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) - range is about right, and the other tiger moths tend towards more elaborate forewing patterns.

At Planet Fitness this afternoon, desk worker #1 is activating my membership, while desk worker #2 decides to ask me about my accent:

DW#2: What's your nationality?
me: I'm American
DW#2: I mean, what's your nationality?
me: Yes, I'm American
DW#2: Where are you from? Did you grow up in England?
me: No, I didn't
DW#2: Because it really sounds like you did.

Massholery at its finest (I like the place otherwise though).

This huge (45mm long) moth came to the UV light when I had it out last night, and flew into the house, before returning to the light to fly around it. I captured it to get a better view of the hindwing patterning, by daylight, so the pictures are of it fluttering as it warms up in Monty's hands. Penitent Underwing (Catocala piatrix), Somerville MA 9/19/2015.

So the previous was an angle wing katydid of some form, this one is one of the bush katydids (Scudderia sp.), but I didn't get a photo that will narrow it down enough. Bug Guide tells me that it's important to see the "terminalia" for species identification here. 9/12/2015, Concord MA.

I'd biked all the way to Great Meadows NWR in Concord, after setting out along the Minuteman without a destination clearly in mind.