MOTH: This moth came to bait at night. Captured and shot a seven layer stack. The grid lines are spaced two millimeters. -...

downing Loc: Cincinnati

This moth came to bait at night. Captured and shot a seven layer stack.
The grid lines are spaced two millimeters.
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Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Very nice! The antennae have some artifacts from the stack, but those would be easy to patch in and clean up with Photoshop or Gimp.
As to what it is, well... probably safe to say it is in the family Noctuidae (a huge family!), but IDing to species would be daunting to say the least. Look here to see what one would be facing: http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Noctuidae&search=Search

downing Loc: Cincinnati

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

Very nice! The antennae have some artifacts from the stack, but those would be easy to patch in and clean up with Photoshop or Gimp.
As to what it is, well... probably safe to say it is in the family Noctuidae (a huge family!), but IDing to species would be daunting to say the least. Look here to see what one would be facing: http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Noctuidae&search=Search

Mark: I noticed the artifacts. Perhaps I will try PhotoShop on them in the near future.
Thanks for the link. Looks like ID to species is out of reach by photo alone.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

downing wrote:

Thanks for the link. Looks like ID to species is out of reach by photo alone.

It can be done with time, or if someone has more knowledge to narrow down the search. It could be submitted to BG (after the fix) and they may provide an ID rather quickly.