Lawn Armyworm Moth

Shanna; a photograph like a spotting is a moment in time. The creature lives in and grows through life stages, sometimes very different from the stage you see. A mayfly lives less than a day as an adult but as a nymph, it maintains an underwater life for the rest of the year.

Shanna I think you are accustomed to seeing their 'bald patch' I think these types of noctuidae moths fly repeatedly into the lights of houses and streetlights and their thoracic hairs and scales get bumped off. This is not so of freshly emerges moths as you can see by the linked image.