I’ll be away from my desk…

…during much of July and so will be posting a little less frequently. But summer has arrived and brings with it a new group of moths that love the hot and humid weather. Here are five of the seventeen new moths plus one returning visitor that showed up at my porch light over the weekend. I’ll be writing about these species later in August. There are already a few in the works on the moths Habrosyne scripta (almost done!), Oreta rosea, Phlogophora iris, Campaea perlata, and Monopis spilotella seen this year and last year.

Odontosia elegans

Schizura badia

Drepana arcuata

Autographa ampla

Xanthotype sp, one of three species found here and nearly impossible to tell apart from a photo alone.