[NatureNS] Round Hill moths - finally some activity

Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:37:15 -0300
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Hi Bev:<br>
Excellent pics of the Nessus Sphinx. Obviously the banding varies greatly
according to other images on the Net. Yours has the same banding as
others photographed in Florida!<br>
Angus<br><br>
At 07:55 PM 05/06/2010, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">There was finally some decent
moth activity on the evening of June 2nd.&nbsp; Until this week, nights
have really been a bit too chilly.&nbsp; Hopefully that is about to
change sometime soon.<br>
On June 2nd, I photographed a good number of moths and have since added
them to a gallery that I'm keeping for species found on this
property:<br>
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_moths">
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/round_hill_moths</a><br>
There were a few new-to-me moths I haven't seen in Ontario.&nbsp; Also
some for which I have some reservations about the IDs -&nbsp; in those
cases, the species names are followed by a (?).&nbsp; If anyone wishes to
take a stab at the IDs, or offer corrections on other IDs, please feel
free to do so.&nbsp; <br>
Also this week, one of my dogs found a Nessus Sphinx (Amphion
floridensis) in the garden clinging to some Gill-over-the-Ground.&nbsp;
What was interesting (to me) is that this one was seen on the morning of
June 2nd.&nbsp; In past years, I've photographed Nessus Sphinx in eastern
Ontario - one hovering over Dame's Rocket - also on June 2nd -&nbsp; and
another found resting on an evergreen branch on June 5th.&nbsp; It will
be interesting to see if other species of moths appear at about the same
date as they did in eastern Ontario.&nbsp; Anyhow, here are links to a
couple of views of the Nessus for anyone who might be interested.&nbsp;
<br>
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125214051">
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125214051</a><br>
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125214050" eudora="autourl">
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/125214050</a><br><br>
Bev Wigney<br>
Round Hill, N.S.<br>
N44.46.23, W065.24.18 (WGS84)<br><br>
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