Council Bluff Lake Lepidopterans – The Adults

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Going back to the August 16th WGNSS trip to Council Bluff Lake. After a day (and night) of caterpillar hunting, a couple of us set up light stations to attract nocturnal insects. Here are a few of the moths that I photographed from this evening.

Erebidae

Allotria elonympha (false underwing Hodges#8721)

Geometridae

Euchlaena amoenaria (deep yellow euchlaena, Hodges#6733)

Noctuidae

Acronicta immodica (medium oak dagger. Hodges#9242.1)
Acronicta lobeliae (greater oak dagger, Hodges#9238)

Click here to see photos of the greater oak dagger caterpillar

Chytonix palliatricula (cloaked marvel, Hodges#9556)
Polygrammate hebraeicum (The Hebrew, Hodges#9285)

Click here to see photos of the Hebrew caterpillar

Acronicta funeralis (funerary dagger/paddle caterpillar, Hodges#9221)

Click here to see photos of the paddle caterpillar (final instar)
Click here to see photos of the paddle caterpillar (mid-instar)

Notodontidae

Cecrita biundata (wavy-lined prominent, Hodges#7995)
Furcula borealis (white furcula, Hodges#7936)

Saturniidae

Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth, Hodges#7757)

Click here to see a photo of the caterpillar of the polyphemus moth caterpillar

Sphingidae

Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx, Hodges#7885)

Click here to see a photo of the Virginia creeper sphinx moth caterpillar

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