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Virginia ctenucha

Ctenucha virginica

Description:

this moth was flying during the day, wingspan ranges from 30–50 millimetres (1.2–2.0 in)

Habitat:

meadow, shrubs. endemic to eastern North America, but has expanded its range westward

Notes:

I spotted this at Short Hills flying around some large dogwoods. Finally it landed low enough and near the trail that I could get really close.

No species ID suggestions

7 Comments

dandoucette
dandoucette 10 months ago

Thanks alexdk. Carol, seems like we are finding a lot of the same stuff! Very cool that yours was the first spot. They are large and different that they fly during the day.

alexdk
alexdk 10 months ago

Wow! beautiful colours!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 10 months ago

I found this too Dan and my spot was the first in my county in PA. I love the metallic blue. They are fairly large.

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 10 months ago

Yeah, it's pretty cool when that happens....grin.

dandoucette
dandoucette 10 months ago

Thanks Isabella and Gordon. Isn't it great when it works out that way Gordon? It's happened to me before on Noah, most recently a few weeks ago with the six spotted tiger beetle.

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 10 months ago

Wonderful moth !!

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 10 months ago

Dan, I just got one of these a few days ago. Your spotting will save me a bunch of work looking it up. Thanks...grin! Nice photo! Always enjoy your stuff....

Lat: 43.08, Long: -79.28

Spotted on Jul 3, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012

Reference

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