Moth

Posted by David Brady on July 29, 2008 at 7:00 am · Filed under Animalia, Flying, Insects, Moths, Picture of the Day, SFA

Moth
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This moth photo comes courtesy of Steve Allen, who has done this sort of thing before.

Unfortunately for me, moths are some of the most varied and hard-to-identify species out there. I’m gonna open this up to you guys for a stab; this moth was photographed in Seattle, WA in July. Any takers?

Thanks (again), Steve!

4 Comments »

  1. Aaron said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 7:22 am

    I’ll vote for the Washington Brown-with-white-spots moth ;-)

  2. David Brady said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 8:40 am

    Buffer Status: 14 images slotted, 2 written. I met my “slot 1, write 2″ goal yesterday. Well, actually I exceeded it with something like “slot 5, write 2″ but the point is I now have a solid 14-day lead with images. If I can keep up slot 1/write 2 for the next 7 days, I will be two full weeks ahead. Yay!

  3. Matthew Smith said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 8:22 pm

    Has this moth recently emerged from the cocoon? It’s wings look a bit weird at the edges.

  4. David Brady said,

    July 29, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

    I’m not sure. It looks to me like the white flares might be the hindwings sticking out from underneath.

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