Eudryas unio
Family Noctuidae, subfamily Agaristinae
Photograph copyright by
Tiffany Kersten
29 May 2012
Burleigh
The Pearly Wood-nymph is a gorgeous critter that I am still waiting to see. However, the photographer found this individual on her car after a nocturnal rain and sent me the picture. Two of the species' known food plants are grape and Virginia Creeper, both of which are abundant in the county, so I still have hopes of seeing it! The new Peterson moths guide notes the flight period for the area covered by the guide (Virginia and Missouri north through Minnesota, central Ontario and Nova Scotia) as June through August. Thus, Tiffany's moth was a bit early, which is not all that unexpected given the very warm winter and spring that we experienced this year.
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