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Winter Moth

Operophtera brumata

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

It must be mating season! I found several pairs mating in my yard. You can see the females have vestigial (useless for flight) wings. We have seen hundreds in the yard over the last week

Habitat:

Suburban yard next to a dried-up, forested swamp

Reference Links:

Species Operophtera brumata - Winter Moth - Hodges#7436 - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
I would post on here https://www.facebook.com/groups/projectnoahworldwide/ and tell them so they can look into the problem because I actually never had it as unknown (I recently posted two other spottings of this species so I had already IDed it). That is a good place to let them know of technical difficulties.
Machi
Yes, please see the ID I already have on it.

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PublishedNovember 29, 2015

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