tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post2104339657828133018..comments2023-12-02T03:25:00.936-05:00Comments on beginning to bird: Gearing up for Moth Week - UPDATED ALREADY! AGAIN!dguzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-74317537542397485242012-07-13T00:07:43.981-04:002012-07-13T00:07:43.981-04:00Caddis Fly - old memories! As a kid we lived in N...Caddis Fly - old memories! As a kid we lived in NW lower Michigan along Grand Traverse Bay and had a gas-station/bait&Tackle/gift shop. My job in the summer was to open up at 7:00am. In mid June the whole outside wall facing the water would be filled with caddis flys - hatched the night before. I swept them off by the bazillions! Trout love them!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-70260698988854962212012-07-12T12:20:47.818-04:002012-07-12T12:20:47.818-04:00Rabbits' Guy--turns out they're way harder...Rabbits' Guy--turns out they're way harder than birds!<br /><br />John--I did find that page, but you're right - it's not easy. But it IS comprehensive! Thanks for the help! I will add your updates.<br /><br />Lynne--you should take pics! Good to hear from you again. Hope you and Art are well.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-59389659751973505152012-07-11T12:20:23.708-04:002012-07-11T12:20:23.708-04:00What fun! We have been getting more interested in...What fun! We have been getting more interested in moths up at Hasty this year. It's a whole new direction. I never knew they were so diverse!Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-55956081255487166632012-07-11T00:32:05.427-04:002012-07-11T00:32:05.427-04:00You're on the right track with a lot of them s...You're on the right track with a lot of them so far. The best online resource for IDing moths is the <a href="http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/" rel="nofollow">Moth Photographers Group</a>, which has photographs of thousands of moth species. Unfortunately it is time-consuming to page through the plates, but you do learn the moth groups that way. <br /><br />Some IDs:<br />-The first moth is The Wedgling (Galgula partita). I've had it a number of times in my yard.<br />- The "Snow Queen" could be a Pink-legged Tiger Moth, related to the Virginia Tiger.<br />- The one below the "Snow Queen" is a Celery Leaftier.<br />- The second moth below that is some sort of pyralid.<br />- The second insect below that is a caddisfly, not a moth. <br /><br />I usually end up with a batch of unidentified moths from each mothing session. As I've gained experience, those batches have been getting smaller, but there are still some that stubbornly remain unidentified.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00163297234733313179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30103302.post-12406332902525107462012-07-10T23:52:59.458-04:002012-07-10T23:52:59.458-04:00Uh - yeh. And here I always thought moths were fo...Uh - yeh. And here I always thought moths were for shooing outside or rattling in the lampshade!RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.com