Spring Colours...

I recently visited my friends down in South Walsingham near Long Point. I moth there a couple of times a year if I can. They have a wonderful property which includes a nice patch of Carolinian forest. The moths are great and I think the area has the potential to be one of the very best in the province. Shall keep going back to add to the old list...

Anyway, below are a few mothy highlights from the catch.


This lovely moth is a Colorful Zale, certainly one of the best of the genus.


And this is Gluphisia avimacula. A rather typical and somewhat hairy member of the Prominent family. It is on the wing in springtime for a short period.


No, not a butterfly - though often mistaken for one. In fact this is a Bluish Spring Moth. It flys by day and can be abundant where it occurs


Finally the superb Straight-lined Plagodis. Not an uncommon moth but very nice-looking all the same.