Comments on: Moth http://www.insectpod.com/2008/08/02/moth-9/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2008/08/02/moth-9/#comment-1497 David Brady Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:07:28 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/08/02/moth-9/#comment-1497 I've been lax in submitting things to bugguide, for a number of reasons. It just now occurred to me, however, that I need to start submitting images to them to help them and not just for ID. Thanks for the paradigm shift, tceisele! I’ve been lax in submitting things to bugguide, for a number of reasons. It just now occurred to me, however, that I need to start submitting images to them to help them and not just for ID. Thanks for the paradigm shift, tceisele!

]]> By: tceisele http://www.insectpod.com/2008/08/02/moth-9/#comment-1496 tceisele Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:23:12 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/08/02/moth-9/#comment-1496 We see little moths like this in the lawn all the time, too. If it isn't <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/144785/bgimage" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, it's at least a close relative. They are evidently related to the "indian meal moth", which we periodically get infesting our house (we bought a bag of cheap birdseed from Walmart that was infested, and once they hatched out, we never quite got rid of them again). Incidentally, anybody who wants to get pictures into Bug Guide that are unique, only needs to concentrate on little guys like this one. The majority of bug photographers look for big, colorful, or unusual insects, and the relatively small and/or nondescript (yet common) ones like this mostly don't get photographed. We see little moths like this in the lawn all the time, too. If it isn’t this one, it’s at least a close relative. They are evidently related to the “indian meal moth”, which we periodically get infesting our house (we bought a bag of cheap birdseed from Walmart that was infested, and once they hatched out, we never quite got rid of them again).

Incidentally, anybody who wants to get pictures into Bug Guide that are unique, only needs to concentrate on little guys like this one. The majority of bug photographers look for big, colorful, or unusual insects, and the relatively small and/or nondescript (yet common) ones like this mostly don’t get photographed.

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