[NatureNS] Moths & Caterpillars

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Hi Angus,

On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Angus MacLean wrote:

> I've uploaded a number of Moth & Caterpillar photos to my site. =20
> Some have been tentatively identified but most are a mystery to me. =20=

> These can be seen at:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/1360915459/in/=20
> set-72157594229470230/
> As before click on the right-hand thumbnail in the Moths & =20
> Caterpillar Set for the next photo.
>
> 1. Moth - Unknown2. Very tiny but may be identifiable.
> 2. Moth - Unknown3. May be a Tussock Moth.
> 3. Moth - Unknown4. May be an Underwing Moth.

Not an underwing moth (Catocala sp.) but probably in the Noctuidae

> 4. Moth - Unknown1. Perhaps an Agonopterix.
> 5 & 6. Sphinx Moth - Which Species?

This is not a sphinx moth, it is Autographa bimaculata (Stephens) =20
[Noctuidae]

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/JV/Noctuids/=20
3PlusiNoli/JV8911-300-35%20Autographa%20bimaculata.jpg

> 7. Moth8
> 8. White-banded Toothed Carpet Moth.

Epirrhoe alternata (M=FCller) [Geometridae]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Epirrhoe.alternata.7126.jpg

> 9 & 10. Spotted Thyris.

Thyris maculata Harr. [Thyrididae]

> 11 Clover Hayworm Moth.

Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius) [Pyralidae]

> 12. Caterpillar sp2.
> 13. Yellow Bear Caterpillar.
> 14. Large Yellow Underwing.

Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus) [Noctuidae]

> 15. Moth5.
> 16. Moth6.

Caenurgina crassiuscula (Haworth) [Noctuidae]
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/JV/Catocal/=20
JV8738f-300-38%20Caenurgina%20crassiuscula.jpg

> 17. Moth7.

Not a moth, but a skipper, Erynnis icelus (Scudder & Burgess) =20
[Hesperidae]

> 18 19 & 20. Hummingbird Moth (Sorry, I like them!).

Hemaris thysbe (Fabricius) [Sphingidae]

> 21. Caterpillar3.
> 22 & 23. Caterpillar2.
> 24. Large Underwing Moth...Same as #14.

Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus) [Noctuidae]

> 25. Northern Burdock Borer (perhaps).

Papaipema arctivorens Hampson [Noctuidae]

> 26. Cecropia Moth.

Polyphemus Moth, Antheraea polyphemus (Cram.) [Saturnidae]

> 27. Caterpillar5.
> 28. Moth9
> 29. Moth10

Caenurgina crassiuscula (Haworth) [Noctuidae]

> 30. Moth7a ...same moth as #7.

Erynnis icelus (Scudder & Burgess) [Hesperidae]

>
> Angus<Moth---Unknown7.jpg>

Cheers!

Chris

Christopher Majka
Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  =20
B3H 3A6
c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca




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Hi Angus,<div><br><div><div>On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Angus MacLean =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've uploaded a number of Moth =
&amp; Caterpillar photos to my site. Some have been tentatively =
identified but most are a mystery to me. These can be seen at:</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/1360915459/in/set-721575=
94229470230/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/58321572@N00/1360915459/in/set-=
72157594229470230/</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As before click on the =
right-hand thumbnail in the Moths &amp; Caterpillar Set for the next =
photo.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">1. Moth - Unknown2. Very tiny but may be =
identifiable.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. Moth - Unknown3. May be a =
Tussock Moth.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3. Moth - Unknown4. May be an =
Underwing Moth.</div></blockquote><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Not an underwing moth =
(<i>Catocala</i> sp.) but probably in the Noctuidae</div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">4. Moth - Unknown1. Perhaps an =
Agonopterix.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">5 &amp; 6. Sphinx Moth - Which =
Species?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is not a sphinx =
moth, it is <i>Autographa bimaculata</i> (Stephens) =
[Noctuidae]</div><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a=
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href=3D"http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/JV/Noctuids/3Plusi=
Noli/JV8911-300-35%20Autographa%20bimaculata.jpg">http://mothphotographers=
group.msstate.edu/Files/JV/Noctuids/3PlusiNoli/JV8911-300-35%20Autographa%=
20bimaculata.jpg</a></div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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margin-left: 0px; ">7. Moth8</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">8. =
White-banded Toothed Carpet Moth.</div></blockquote><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><i>Epirrhoe alternata</i> =
(M=FCller) [Geometridae]</div><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Epirrhoe.alternata.7126.jp=
g">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Epirrhoe.alternata.7126.jpg</a>=
</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">9 &amp; 10. =
Spotted Thyris.</div></blockquote><div><i><br =
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face=3D"Helvetica">Thyris maculata</font>&l