Moth brown

I came home from work one day at the beginning of August to find this beautiful fellow hanging out at my front door. He’s a Waved Sphinx moth. I get a lot of flying insects at my front door. They like my porch light. I would also not be surprised to find that my many mature […]

By the way, this is the first shot I have posted from my new Nikon D810. I hope you will be seeing many great shots from this camera. Every morning at our hotel, The Marathon Inn, on Grand Manan Island we were treated to a new display of moths attracted by the white exterior of the building and the porch lights which remained on throughout the night. This guy was on the porch floor right outside my room. Grand Manan Island New Brunswick, Canada

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.

This beautiful brown moth is Bellura obliqua, the cattail borer. Now, I haven't seen any cattail around, but we sure have a ton of skunk cabbage, and apparently this species likes skunk cabbage.

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