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Here's a short mothing story from last night. We're still staying in a cabin not far Waterton Provincial Park in Southern Alberta. Last night there was very loud and spectacular storm so I was not expecting much in or around the moth trap. At 11:50pm my wife went to the window to check that the car was locked. I then heard her saying "There's a big moth on the side of the trap". I have to say that I replied rather incredulously, "how big is big?" Anyway, I got up to have a look and much to my amazement there was a Polyphemus Moth on the side of the trap!! I've never seen any Silk moths until this year and this was my second, having seen a Glover's Silk moth earlier in the year at the same location. Well, as you can imagine, I've been eating humble pie all day and will have to believe my wife next time she says "there's a large moth on the side of the trap"!!
Here are a few pictures of the Poluphemus moth and a couple of others that I have not seen before.
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No moth count today but here are photographs of a few moths from outside our cabin and one butterfly that I saw in the Waterton area of Southern Alberta today.
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I'm staying in a log cabin not far from Waterton Provincial Park for the next few days so my postings may be a little erratic. In fact, a young Black bear just ran past our cabin but the only photographs I have are of it disappearing into a valley. Oh well... With regards to moths, last night was another good night for my backyard. There were 58 moths of 35 species. 3 are new species for the year and 5 species, consisting of 3 Geometrids and 2 Noctuids, I haven't had time to identify yet. The new backyard moths for the year that I have identified are as follows:
Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis) Hooked Silver Y (Syngrapha alias) Anhimella contrahens (Anhimella contrahens) I'm hoping to see some moths where I'm staying so will endeavour to create a few postings for any new or interesting species that I find in the area.
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Another good night resulted in 50 moths of 23 species. Barberry Geometer Moth (Coryphista meadii) and Canadian Fan-Foot (Zanclognatha lutalba) were new backyard species. Unfortunately, the Barberry Geometer was a very worn specimen but at least it was identifiable. Thanks to Gary Anweiler for confirming the ID. The other new species for the year were:
Single-lined Emerald (Nemoria unitaria) Neoligia subjuncta (Neoligia subjuncta) Leucania commoides Flame-shouldered Dart (Ochropleura implecta) Paradiarsia littoralis (Paradiarsia littoralis)
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There were 65 macro moths of 30 species in the trap this morning. This was by far the the largest number of moths this year. It was also the warmest night we've had so far. The 6 were new species for the year were:
Johnson's Euchlaena (Euchlaena johnsonaria) Large Looper Moth (Autographa ampla) Brown-streaked Rustic (Hypocoena rufostrigata) Trichordestra liquida (Trichordestra liquida) Dappled Dart (Aplectoides condita) Catocaline Dart (Cryptocala acadiensis)
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