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re: Some bird photos from Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge
Posted on 8/29/24 at 6:40 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/29/24 at 6:40 pm to LegendInMyMind
Wow, those are some beautiful moths! I wish I had that much variety...I actually got some shots of a soybean looper moth last night too...
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Posted on 8/29/24 at 6:46 pm to pussywillows
The loopers have a lot going on. I got this Bilobed Looper a couple weeks ago. It has more orange in it.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:00 pm to LegendInMyMind
Very nice! I like the moths a lot because they don't seem as skittish as a lot of the butterflies around here...
A few more bugs...Halloween pennant
4 spotted pennant
Least skipper on portulaca
Question mark
A few more bugs...Halloween pennant
4 spotted pennant
Least skipper on portulaca
Question mark
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:04 pm to pussywillows
I like the skippers, and that's a nice one.
Try putting out a black light some time. Just a low watt, cheap one from Lowe's works fine. Turn it on just after dark, and as soon as it is on stuff will flock. Moths will be the most plentiful, but other stuff will come along, too. Different times of the night will bring different bugs because they all fly at different hours.
Try putting out a black light some time. Just a low watt, cheap one from Lowe's works fine. Turn it on just after dark, and as soon as it is on stuff will flock. Moths will be the most plentiful, but other stuff will come along, too. Different times of the night will bring different bugs because they all fly at different hours.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:15 pm to LegendInMyMind
i really need to do that...i'm really curious about what i'm missing out on 
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:37 pm to pussywillows
You mentioned the variety of moths we have around here, so I went back and counted. I'm up to 78ish this year. I may have doubled up on a couple species, but I tried to make sure I didn't count them.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
78?? that's impressive!
Posted on 8/29/24 at 7:55 pm to pussywillows
All I got
This post was edited on 8/29/24 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:20 pm to MeridianDog
very cute pictures...and subjects :)
Posted on 8/29/24 at 9:35 pm to MeridianDog
That moth looks like a Rustic Sphinx. If you ever find one of their caterpillars they're pretty big, about as long as your index finger and almost as big around as your thumb.
Posted on 9/6/24 at 7:22 pm to pussywillows
I saw a new (to me) sphinx moth earlier today at Publix of all places.
Pandora Sphinx:
Cell phone pic taken halfway on the sly because it was crowded and right outside the exit.
Pandora Sphinx:
Cell phone pic taken halfway on the sly because it was crowded and right outside the exit.
Posted on 9/7/24 at 11:07 am to LegendInMyMind
wow, that one is really beautiful! i've noticed a lot of moths and butterflies around storefronts in my area as well...especially places that are open 24 hours...i guess they show up and night, then some just hang around the following day...
btw, my hummingbirds have returned...i might start a new thread with pics of them...
btw, my hummingbirds have returned...i might start a new thread with pics of them...
Posted on 9/7/24 at 11:10 am to LegendInMyMind
This thread is super educational and I'm enjoying it greatly. Thanks y'all. 
Posted on 10/15/24 at 7:18 pm to pussywillows
The aster has been blooming for a couple weeks now and everything is flocking to it, especially the past few days that have been prertty warm.
American Lady (or Painted Lady)
American Snout
Pearl Crescent
Large Milkweed Bug
Grey Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Corn Earworm Moth
Dainty Sulphur
Metric Paper Wasp
Eastern Hornet Fly
Checkered Skippers
Feather-legged Fly (this one is a parasite of plant bugs, including stink bugs)
Swift Feather-legged Fly (also parasitises stink bugs)
Poecilanthrax lucifer (Yeah, a devil fly)
Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Long-tailed Skipper
Carolina Mantis
North American Wheel Bug (our largest assasin bug) with a Common Eastern Bumblebee for dinner
And like PW, I have to show some love to the survivors....
A tattered Common Buckeye that was still rolling along just fine
This one may be my favorite out of everything I've seen this Fall. It is the first endangered anything I've seen around my place. It was listed as an endangered species in 2022.
Southern Plains Bumblebee
All of these, along with a bunch of other moths, wasps, flies, and bees were taken of things that came to a couple of patches of white aster I left to grow all Summer. It didn't begin to bloom until the end of September, and will continue blooming well after our first few frosts. It is a native wildflower called Hairy White Oldfield Aster, but is viewed by many people these days as a weed.
American Lady (or Painted Lady)
American Snout
Pearl Crescent
Large Milkweed Bug
Grey Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Corn Earworm Moth
Dainty Sulphur
Metric Paper Wasp
Eastern Hornet Fly
Checkered Skippers
Feather-legged Fly (this one is a parasite of plant bugs, including stink bugs)
Swift Feather-legged Fly (also parasitises stink bugs)
Poecilanthrax lucifer (Yeah, a devil fly)
Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Long-tailed Skipper
Carolina Mantis
North American Wheel Bug (our largest assasin bug) with a Common Eastern Bumblebee for dinner
And like PW, I have to show some love to the survivors....
A tattered Common Buckeye that was still rolling along just fine
This one may be my favorite out of everything I've seen this Fall. It is the first endangered anything I've seen around my place. It was listed as an endangered species in 2022.
Southern Plains Bumblebee
All of these, along with a bunch of other moths, wasps, flies, and bees were taken of things that came to a couple of patches of white aster I left to grow all Summer. It didn't begin to bloom until the end of September, and will continue blooming well after our first few frosts. It is a native wildflower called Hairy White Oldfield Aster, but is viewed by many people these days as a weed.
This post was edited on 10/15/24 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 10/29/24 at 12:41 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
LegendInMyMind
Hey, somehow I missed this post...very nice variety of bugs!
We have these southern annual saltmarsh asters, but the butterflies aren't really interested...
Here are some of my recent bugs...
This post was edited on 10/29/24 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 10/29/24 at 1:01 pm to pussywillows
beautiful.
here are some that I have gotten the last few weeks.
Saw this beauty driving through town yesterday
and some different kind of birds
here are some that I have gotten the last few weeks.
Saw this beauty driving through town yesterday
and some different kind of birds
This post was edited on 10/29/24 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 10/29/24 at 1:28 pm to Funky Tide 8
Great shots!
Who is the bird on the chain link fence? It doesn't look familiar to me...
I love the eagles pictures...I went to Lake Martin recently, and a pair flew overhead...that's the first time I've ever seen them in person, but I'm too slow to get shots of birds in flight
I did get these of a red shouldered hawk...
My Savannah sparrows have just returned...
This crop duster is kind of lame compared to your pictures
Who is the bird on the chain link fence? It doesn't look familiar to me...
I love the eagles pictures...I went to Lake Martin recently, and a pair flew overhead...that's the first time I've ever seen them in person, but I'm too slow to get shots of birds in flight
I did get these of a red shouldered hawk...
My Savannah sparrows have just returned...
This crop duster is kind of lame compared to your pictures
Posted on 10/29/24 at 1:32 pm to nvasil1
quote:
Must be a juvenile with that reddish-brown color, right?
Great photos.
That was a damn good catch of a damn good photo, I give you both 2 thumbs up and a snap
Posted on 10/29/24 at 1:35 pm to pussywillows
thank you.
It is a scaly-breasted munia. Actually not endemic to the U.S., native to Asia. They are neat looking.
beautiful color on that thing.
Haha still a cool looking crop duster.
quote:
Who is the bird on the chain link fence? It doesn't look familiar to me...
It is a scaly-breasted munia. Actually not endemic to the U.S., native to Asia. They are neat looking.
quote:
I did get these of a red shouldered hawk...
beautiful color on that thing.
quote:
This crop duster is kind of lame compared to your pictures
Haha still a cool looking crop duster.
Posted on 10/29/24 at 2:16 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:
It is a scaly-breasted munia.
it is a very striking bird...the head looks similar to a brown headed cowbird, i thought maybe it was a variant...
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