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Yermoia perplexataObserver
lesditDescription
~4150' elevation.
Tentative placement.
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Northern Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus ssp. caudatus)Observer
dieterhDescription
Schwanzmeise, weißköpfig, Ahrensdorf, 26.04.2024
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Common Eupithecia Moth (Eupithecia miserulata)Observer
biophilic1Description
Unsure if this was deceased but did not disturb it. Cwc
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Sympistis mutObserver
garybnunnDescription
Similar to Sympistis major but note more black marking of the claviform, orbicular, reniform spots, also the white hindwing with black scales in margin and some veins. I think the white hindwing seems to indicate this is a male example. It looks identical with Jim Troubridge specimen on MPG here http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10135.6
There is a nearby record, living moth photo, from Culp Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in BG here https://bugguide.net/node/view/2145174
Even closer, maybe a mile or two away, at Scissors Crossing, the similar date Tomas Mustelin specimen on BOLD here https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=RDNM564-05
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pinnaclesnpDescription
Photos are posted in the order they were taken. Near the end of the photo series (14th photo) the moth abruptly popped its wings from the upward position they had been in, to a 45 degree downward position and stopped nectaring. It stayed that way until I inadvertently disturbed it, and then it went back to nectaring but it kept its wings in "resting" position thereafter. Photo credit: NPS / Paul G. Johnson.
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Bailey's Pinion Moth (Lithophane baileyi)Observer
glennfineDescription
B4-110
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lesditDescription
~7100' elevation.
dissected/determined JoAnne Russo
LG2023G08
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Clark's Sphinx (Proserpinus clarkiae)Observer
ammoph11Description
Black Point Trail, Mitchell Canyon, Mount Diablo State Park, CA
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Crambid Snout Moths (Family Crambidae)Observer
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Superfamily Pyraloidea)Observer
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Eupithecia johnstoniObserver
glennfineDescription
ID by dissection, JoAnne Russo
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Geometer Moths (Family Geometridae)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Beat from desert ironwood
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Genus ChesiadodesObserver
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Came to UV light, desert ironwood wash
