Not sure of the genus placement here.
@jcochran706 You've looked more closely at these than I have.
CNC 2024 Blacklight meetup at Roy G. Guerrero Park - thanks to Curtis and Jack for bringing all the gear!
Seems to be the first Central Texas observation of this beetle on iNat
PDCSP...Mack Dick Pavilion
Really not sure about this. I've identified some of my previous observations as this same species, but those were more streaky overall, whereas this one just has the one prominent streak and the rest of the forewings are streakless.
I would like to know the identity of this moth.
This is an incredibly early record for this species. I have not found any prior records in Oklahoma in February.
1.a MPG A. howardi
1.b this observation
1.c https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65646650
1.d https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198591879
2.a MPG A. devexella
2.b https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198151448
2.c https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198153148
2.d https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199386869
2.e https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199017250
New House of Jack
Not convinced this is the right one, so will have to research. Placeholder...
@neoarctia @hughmcguinness
Not sure how to tell the difference between quinquelinearia and (newly elevated to species) kirkwoodaria. Can you help?
FW 13mm
Dang, shouldn't I be able to ID this distinctive moth?!
A solo visit because I had not been out in a week. I waited until the afternoon because the tide was high on the coast, causing shorebirds and larids to fly into the park to roost on the beach and the booms. The weather at the start was overcast, 57 degrees ("feels like" 54) and windy (from the north at 10 MPH). The only other people in the park were two "surfers" who were using the mechanized scaffolding to encircle the southeastern part of the lake dozens of times. These "surfers" probably explained the absence of the Greater Scaup from the same area. I walked to the southwestern side of the lake to along the entire northern sidewalk. I left at 1634 and walked into the former Old Belcher Mines Park. I returned to the park at 1703; these sightings are listed separately.
I looked up this moth in Leckie and Beadle (2018) after iNat's machine learning identified it. I think the identity is correct! It'll be a lifer if a moth-er RGs it.
Black light sheet in town of Washington, LA.
Black light sheet in town of Washington, LA
With Don Fraser, Clint Gibson, Tom Palmer and 13 others; my first nocturnal moth survey, organized by Virginia "Ginny" Hamilton of The Nature Conservancy. There were two moth arrays about 400 feet apart. This was the second array, set up in an open flatwoods site adjacent to a marsh. It was awesome! The number of "bugs" was overwhelming at times; by necessity, I have ignored lots of tiny to small, generic-shaped beetles and other small insects, most of which probably could not be identified by my photographs. By my count -- and I spent some time sorting through the 182 photographs of 129 records and combining images of the same (presumed) individuals -- I am submitting the following taxa from this spot (tentatively): 12 ants, 1 ant lion, 1 bee, 17 beetles, 7 "bugs," 1 cockroach, 1 dragonfly, 1 damselfly, 3 flies, 2 lacewings, 8 leafhoppers, 1 mantis, 70 (!) moths, 1 scorpion (on a fallen pine log 100 feet from the array; Clint found it with a UV light), 4 shield bugs, and 3 giant water bugs.
All of these photographs were taken with my Panasonic Lumix FZ80 (with a broken exposure setting knob) and the built-in flash. The flash worked magically for nearly every photograph.
Note: Except for a few cases, I cannot identify ANY of these species with certainty. I am relying ENTIRELY on iNat's artificial intelligence/machine learning. (Two guys from the Lakeland area, who set up this array, we very knowledgeable about moths and other insects. I could not assign many of their identifications to specific insects, and then to remember them 24 hours later as I was going through my photographs. But in many cases, iNat came up with names that I remember hearing while at the array). So, no guessing, please!
Don and I left the preserve at 2258 and headed home. I arrived at 0135 Saturday morning.
I am not sure what this one is.
PDCSP...Wildlife Viewing Blind
getting a drink
Thought it was a moth when I took the pic, but not sure now. Antennae don't seem to support it.
Egira dolosa? Not known to occur in this area, but I haven't found a better match.
I am not sure what this tiny moth is.
My new moth light from UK is attracting some interesting moths.