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One new species for my garden list last night, a Grey Pug Moth (Eupithecia subfuscata). There were two new species for the year, an Intermediate Falconer (Cucullia intermedia) and a Miranda moth (Proxenus miranda). Also a few unidentified euxoa sp. and at least 2 Euxoa auxiliaris.
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2 moths in the trap last night both new for the year, 1 Lappet Moth (Phyllodesma Americana) and 1 Rosy Dart (Diarsia rosaria). I'm adding a few butterfly pictures that I took while walking around Glenmore reservoir this morning.
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So far this year I have record 26 species of macro moth in my backyard. For the same period last year I had only recorded 8 species. Presumably the mild winter in Alberta has had an impact. To reinforce this point, last nights 2 macros are almost a month earlier than my previous records for these species. I'm hoping that this bodes well for the rest of year. The 2 macros in my trap last night, in spite of the the stormy weather, where Morrison's Pero (Pero morrisonaria) and Brown-streaked Rustic (Hypocoena rufostrigata).
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Nothing new to report for the last two days. Just one moth in the trap this morning, a Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis). Two moths in the trap the previous night, 1 Vancouver dart (Agrotis vancouverensis) and a tentative Willow Kitten (Furcula occidentalis).
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Just a quick note about yesterdays post. Gary identified the moth I thought might be Apamea Devastator as Papestra cristifera. This is a new moth for me and perfectly matches the pictures of this moth on MPG. So thanks again to Gary.
Last night was fairly good with 6 species, 1 of them a new backyard moth. They included 2 Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis), 1 Willow Kitten (Furcula occidentalis) which could be Poplar Kitten (furcula scolopendrina) but I'm tentativley saying Willow kitten because of the seasonal distribution of the two, 1 Common Gluphisia (Gluphisia septentrionis), 1 American Angle Shades (Euplexia benesimilis) and 2 Apical Prominent (Clostera apicalis). The new one is Large Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia assimilans). There was 1 Hydriomena sp that looks like the macdunnoughi image on CBIF so I'm very tentatively calling it macdunnoughi .
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