[NatureNS] moth id

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The following moths were attracted to the outside lights at E Dalhousie,
Kings Co. I have browsed a few websites such as Bev Wigney's and made
tentative IDs. Please correct and, if possible, indicate to which family
they belong. I find this can help for future identifications and to find
out more about them.

These two moths were very hard to focus on. Point-and-shoot cameras (an
iPhone in my case) have a hard time deciding what to focus on when a screen
is behind the moth and continually zeroes in and out.

1. A Tussock moth (Lymantriidae), possibly the Black Letter Dart Moth
(Xestia dolosa)?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9217592964/

2. This patterned one is probably from the big family Geometridaw. You
could see how well it would blend in with bark. Homoclodes?:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9214820941/

3. Washed in on the lakeshore but still alive was this dishevelled moth. It
resembles the Milkweed Tiger Moth (Euchaetias egle) in the family
Arctiidae:in the Audubon guide:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9214812735/

A few more moth ids will follow later.

Nancy

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>The following moths were attracted to the o=
utside lights at E Dalhousie, Kings Co. I have browsed a few websites such =
as Bev Wigney&#39;s and made tentative IDs. Please correct and, if possible=
, indicate to which family they belong. I find this can help for future ide=
ntifications and to find out more about them.<br>
<br></div>These two moths were very hard to focus on. Point-and-shoot camer=
as (an iPhone in my case) have a hard time deciding what to focus on when a=
 screen is behind the moth and continually zeroes in and out.<br><br></div>
1. A Tussock moth (Lymantriidae), possibly the Black Letter Dart Moth (Xest=
ia dolosa)?<br><a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9217592=
964/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9217592964/</a><br><br></di=
v>
2. This patterned one is probably from the big family Geometridaw. You coul=
d see how well it would blend in with bark. Homoclodes?:<br><a href=3D"http=
://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9214820941/">http://www.flickr.com/ph=
otos/92981528@N08/9214820941/</a><br>
<div><br></div><div>3. Washed in on the lakeshore but still alive was this =
dishevelled moth. It resembles the Milkweed Tiger Moth (Euchaetias egle) in=
 the family Arctiidae:in the Audubon guide:<br><a href=3D"http://www.flickr=
.com/photos/92981528@N08/9214812735/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528=
@N08/9214812735/</a><br>
<br></div><div>A few more moth ids will follow later.<br><br></div><div>Nan=
cy<br></div><div><br></div></div>

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