A DC Birding Blog: Moths from Sussex County


Photo Credit: Dendroica Cerulea

From A DC Birding Blog: I already wrote a bit about visits to Muckshaw Ponds Preserve and Whittingham WMA. Those posts focused on the birds and dragonflies that I encountered at those two locations. In this post, I would like to show a few moths from the two preserves.

The first is a moth that was new to me. As I was trying to extricate myself from an overgrown path at Muckshaw Ponds, this tiny moth fluttered up and landed on a vine. It is a White-striped Black (Trichodezia albovittata), a type of geometer. This species is a denizen of wet woods; in its caterpillar stage, it feeds on jewelweed (Impatiens sp.).

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 7/24/2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Invertebrates
Tags: moths sussex county Insects muckshaw ponds preserve white striped black moth
 

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