The Bilobed One...

Every once in a while you catch a really nice moth that makes it all worth while. The Bilobed Looper Moth (lower two pix) is one such moth. Is a mothers' moth really, not too flashy but quite elegant with that massive silver stigma on each wing. In Ontario it is a migrant, some yaers there are a few, most years none. Over the years most of my records have been in my own humble back yard in the middle of Toronto!


This is Korscheltellus lupulinus. It is a Ghost Moth or, as they are called in UK, a Swift Moth. This one is a European introduction. I've been catching it in my back yard for the past three years, always in late May or early June. They are rather primitive-looking and have very short antenna.


Not rare at all, but yet another European import, this is my first Large Yellow Underwing of the year - enough said!



The Bilobed Looper Moth in all its glory. In UK, where this moth is a very rare vagrant, they call this one Stephens' Gem - a nice name. The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants and it is common south of Canada.