Other Moths

Other Shapes

The catch-all category.

5552 Galasa nigrinodis (Boxwood Leaftier Moth) (Lexington, 7/9/03 11pm)

8262 Ctenucha virginica (Virginia Ctenuchid Moth)

8087 Lycomorpha pholus (Black and Yellow Lichen Moth) (Willard's Woods, 7/27/2019 4pm)

8267 Cisseps fulvicolis (Yellow-collared scape moth) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/5/12 4pm, Willard's Woods, 9/1/12 12pm)

male female 5159 Desmia funeralis (Grape leaffolder moth) (Lexington, 8/9/06 10pm, 8/7/06 9pm)

4958a Anania funebris glomeralis (White-spotted sable moth) (Willard's Woods, 5/19/02 1pm, 6/14/2020 3pm)

8955 Marathyssa inficita (Dark Marathyssa) (Lexington, 6/29/03 12pm)

7825 Paonias myops (Small-eyed sphinx) (Burlington, 7/1/00 6pm, Lexington 7/11/07 11pm)

7824 Paonias excaecata (Blinded sphynx) (Lexington, 7/25/07 8am)

7827 Amorpha juglandis (Walnut Sphinx moth) (Lower Vine Brook, 5/27/19 8pm)

7787 Ceratomia undulosa? (Waved sphinx) (Lexington, 8/2/05 12am) A very beat-up specimen.

9546 Phlogophora iris (Olive angle shades) (Lexington, 6/19/03 11pm)

7821 Smerinthus jamaicensis (Twin-spotted sphinx) (Willard's Woods, 9/21/03 1pm)

5th instar caterpillar adult Sphinx kalmiae (Laurel sphinx) (Lower Vine Brook, caterpillar 8/21/2021 2pm, adult 5/16/2022 12pm) The adult hatched from the caterpillar in the photos after overwintering in a terrarium on my patio. It emerged either the night of the 15th or the morning of the 16th.

Darapsa myron or choerilus (Virginia creeper sphinx or Azalea sphinx) (Lexington, 9/20/2003 1pm)

2693 Prionoxystus robiniae (Carpenterworm moth) (Lexington, 7/9/03 11pm)

(Lexington, 8/31/02 11pm)

freshly emerged adult caterpillar pupa newly hatched from pupa Hellinsia sp. maybe H. homodactylus or Emmelina monodactyla (Lower Vine Brook, 6/24/2020 2pm, caterpillar 6/7/2020 4pm, pupa and empty pupa with adult 6/26/2020 5pm) The caterpillars eat Joe-Pye Weed. Some of the moths had the black spots on the abdomen and some did not. Also, some of the caterpillars didn't have the yellow spot, but it is possible that the yellow spot only occurs in the last instar. It is also possible that I had a mixture of multiple species that fed together.

6092 Geina tenuidactylus (Himmelman's Plume Moth) (Willard's Woods, 7/2/02 11am)

pupa (Lower Vine Brook, pupa 6/12/11 2pm, adult 6/26/11 11am) My guess is that the caterpillar had just pupated when I found it, so it took about 2 weeks to metamorphize. The chrysalis turned brown within a day or two.

(Lower Vine Brook, 6/30/11 10pm)

(Lexington, 6/10/02 11pm)

(Lexington, 7/14/07 12am)

(Burlington, 7/1/00 12am)

(Lexington, 4/28/06, 1am, other sightings 5/10/02 12am)

7605 Eupithecia ravocostaliata (Tawny Eupithecia moth) (Lexington, 5/1/04 12am)

8203 Halysidota tessellaris (Banded Tussuck Moth) (Lexington, 7/23/02 11pm, Whipple Hill, 9/9/07 11am)

8090 Hypoprepia fucosa (Painted lichen moth) (Lexington, 7/28/2005 1am)

10663 Agrotis ipsilon (Ipsilon dart) (Lower Vine Brook, 7/10/11 11pm)

(Burlington, 6/25/00 12am)

2542 Sesia apiformis (European Hornet Moth) (Lower Vine Brook, 6/16/12 12pm)

2554 Synanthedon acerni (Maple callus borer moth) (Burlington, 7/2/00 12am, Lexington 7/30/05 3pm)

2550 Synanthedon pictipes (Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth) or 2556 Synanthedon viburni (Viburnum Borer Moth) (Willard's Woods, 7/15/07 1pm)

2536 Melittia cucurbitae (Squash vine borer moth) (Dunback Meadow, 7/18/09 2pm, Lower Vine Brook, 7/1/2019 4pm, 7/13/2019 4pm)

2583 Synanthedon exitiosa (Peachtree borer moth) (Wildwood Park, Burlington, 9/6/2023 5pm)

adult 5th instar caterpillar 7873 Amphion floridensis (Nessus Sphinx) (Willard's Woods, 6/10/12 12pm (2), 6/14/2020 3pm, caterpillar Lower Vine Brook, 7/20/2023 2pm) The first 2 are horrible pictures, but my excuse is that it never landed, or even really hovered in one spot. I did a little better with the second 2 photos, but even 1/1000 sec shutter speed was too slow to freeze the wings well. I could also have used my 300mm lens...

egg fresh from the egg 2nd instar probably late instar adult female ovipositing on honeysuckle 7855 Hemaris diffinis (Snowberry clearwing) (Lower Vine Brook, 8/7/11 3pm, 8/14/11 9am, 8/20/11 11am, 8/7/11 3pm, 7/27/14 5pm, resting 7/26/2023 1pm, late instar caterpillar 9/29/2019, 9/30/2019 3pm) Unfortunately, due to my sprained ankle, the newly hatched caterpillar drowned while looking for a new leaf to eat.