Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Autumnal Moths


I am very much looking forward to David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie’s new field guide to moths.

mthew

2 responses to “Autumnal Moths”

  1. Seabrooke

    Thanks for the mention! 🙂

    These are all Bruce Spanworm (Operophtera bruceata), which is another very late-flying moth that looks very similar to Autumnal Moth but is a shade smaller and only has a single dot along the fringe at the end of each vein instead of paired dots.

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    1. mthew

      Thanks, Seabrooke! I was just calling them Autumnals because that’s when I found them, little realizing there that was a common name for yet another species!

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