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Is this Ectropis crepuscularia - Small Engrailed Moth?
Oct 27, 2016 03:40:10 #
Here's another one of those nondescript little gray/brown moths -- and when you get up close, you discover they have a golden sheen to their feathers and fringe. The size is right for the Small Engrailed moth -- just a hairsbreadth over an inch. But only one other person has posted a picture of one in Nebraska on the Moth Photographers' Group, and that, on the border between Nebraska and Iowa. I took this shot about smack-dab in the middle of Nebraska.
If anybody can give me a surer identification, I'd be pleased.
If anybody can give me a surer identification, I'd be pleased.
Oct 27, 2016 11:50:38 #
Possibly. I do not know if you know of Bugguide, but this species is here in that web site: http://bugguide.net/node/view/11374/bgimage
From there you can navigate thru the 'taxonomy' tab to other species in the tribe, looking at images with the images tab. Your moth is less stripey than the pictures of that species shown there, so you may find a better match with a species in the same tribe.
From there you can navigate thru the 'taxonomy' tab to other species in the tribe, looking at images with the images tab. Your moth is less stripey than the pictures of that species shown there, so you may find a better match with a species in the same tribe.
Oct 27, 2016 13:01:47 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Thanks, Mark. I did look through BugGuide... it's generally one of my first stops in a quest for bug ID. Most of the moths I find have more defined markings than mine... could it be because of the lateness of the season? My little moth is a bit battleworn. :-) Possibly. I do not know if you know of Bugguide, but this species is here in that web site: http://bugguide.net/node/view/11374/bgimage
From there you can navigate thru the 'taxonomy' tab to other species in the tribe, looking at images with the images tab. Your moth is less stripey than the pictures of that species shown there, so you may find a better match with a species in the same tribe.
From there you can navigate thru the 'taxonomy' tab to other species in the tribe, looking at images with the images tab. Your moth is less stripey than the pictures of that species shown there, so you may find a better match with a species in the same tribe.
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Oct 27, 2016 14:39:14 #
Nice capture. Yes, season can determine coloration and pattern. Bug Guide shows several variations. Submit your photo for clarification or confirmation.
Oct 27, 2016 15:26:00 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Thanks, Douglass. I've submitted a photo to BugGuide. We'll see what they have to say. Nice capture. Yes, season can determine coloration and pattern. Bug Guide shows several variations. Submit your photo for clarification or confirmation.
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