Common Name: American Dagger moth, Fishers Island, NY, June 2017. Scientific Name: Acronicta Americana Season: One generation in the Northeast. Adults in early summer, with caterpillars from July into the …
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Common name: Angulose prominent, Fishers island NY, June 2017. Scientific name: Peridea angulosa Season: Two generations in the Northeast. Adults, late spring into June, and again in late summer. Caterpillars …
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Common name: Banded tussock moth, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Halysidota tessellaris Season: One generation in the Northeast, although caterpillars and adults are active throughout the summer and …
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Common name: Banded tussock moth, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Halysidota tessellaris Season: One generation in the Northeast, although caterpillars and adults are active throughout the summer and …
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Common name: Black-dotted ruddy, Fishers Island, NY, June 2017. Scientific name: Ilecta intractata Food: As caterpillars, black-dotted ruddy moths are specialist feeders, meaning they can feed on only one or …
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Common name: Black zale, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Zale undularis Season: Adults start flying in the Northeast in late spring and into September. Caterpillars are common by …
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Common name: Blue Dasher, Fishers Island, NY, July 2017 Scientific name: Pachydiplax longipennis Not a moth, but too beautiful to omit. The blue dasher is one of the more common …
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Common name: Common spring moth, Fishers Island NY, June 2017 Scientific name: Heliomata cycladata Season: March-July Food: Black locust and honey locust. Ecology: As the name implies, these moths are …
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Common name: Curved-toothed geometer Scientific name: Eutrapela clemataria Food: Larvae feed on leaves of ash, basswood, birch, elm, fir, maple, poplar, willow and other trees. Ecology: These geometers live in …
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Monarch butterfly caterpillar and aphids, Fishers Island NY, August 2015 Scientific names: Danaus plexippus and Aphis nerri Here’s a bit of hidden moth science, provided by entomologist Adam Mitchell, PhD: Like animals, …