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Northern Pine Sphinx

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Northern Pine Sphinx (Lapara bombycoides) - I had more than one of these that night, one on the sheet by the moth trap, and another on the back door. Unremarkable patterning, but impressively large.

Jaffrey NH, 2017/06/30.

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large grey moth on screen door

Blinded Sphinx

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This Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata) is a moth I've seen before (including once on a hike before I was specifically making a habit of looking for moths) but they've often been a bit worn looking. This one was fresh and beautiful.

Jaffrey NH, 2017/06/30

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large brown moth on egg carton
large brown moth on bark, hind wings exposed with eye spots

Large Lace-border

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Large Lace-border (Scopula limboundata)

2017/06/30, Jaffrey NH

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whiteish moth on white background

Symmerista sp.

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These have been very very common around Jaffrey last two weekends. Apparently genus Symmerista can't be distinguished down to species without dissection, so that's as close as we're getting for now.

Jaffrey NH, 2017/06/24, 2017/06/30 - at least three different specimens.

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profile view, on fingertip
dorsal view, wings part-open
side/front view on egg carton
head on view, egg carton

Red-crossed Button Slug Moth

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Red-crossed Button Slug Moth (Tortricidia pallida). Which is currently a matter of taxonomic debate (not separable from Tortricidia flexuosa).

Jaffrey, NH, 2017/06/30.

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Spiny Oak-Slug Moth

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I took a vacation day today (Friday) and drove up to Jaffrey on Thursday evening for some moth hunting, since the next two weekends I'll be on dog duty in Somerville. Not the best picture I could hope for for this moth, but it's pretty and distinctive: Spiny Oak-Slug Moth (Euclea delphinii).

Jaffrey, NH, 2017/06/30.

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Pondside Pyralid

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Pondside Pyralid (Elophila icciusalis)

2017/06/24, Jaffrey NH

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Isabella Tiger Moth

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When I have the energy on a moth hunting night, I go out around dawn to look for the moths that might've settled onto the sheet during the night. Last weekend my early morning photography went rather poorly - out of a dozen photos of this moth only this one is not blurry, and worse for most of the other moths found then (mosquitos were biting through my pajamas at the time).

The moth seems to be Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) - adult form or the more familiar wooly bear caterpillar. Attracted to lights, Jaffrey NH, 2017/06/25.

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Large yellow moth on human fingers

Little Virgin Tiger Moth

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Saturday we dropped both kids off at Camp Mowglis for seven weeks, then I rode to Jaffrey with Monty to spend Saturday night there. Weather conditions were good, but we didn't have a huge variety of moth, except for this striking one, which was in the bucket in the morning. It took some prodding to get it out of the bottom of an egg carton (seemed to want to burrow) but it gave me a good photo opportunity before crawling under the leaf litter.

Little Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virguncula). Jaffrey NH, 06/25/2017.

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Dark moth with yellow stripes on leaf litter

Yellow Slant-Line

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No mothing last weekend (on call and in Somerville) but from the previous weekend, this is Yellow Slant-Line (Tetracis crocallata). Jaffrey NH, 06/11/2017.

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cream/yellow moth on white background

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