A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Venusia comptaria
Adult: FW Pale gray, with faint patterns of wavy lines. Black outer half of median line connects with a short black dash at midpoint of PM. Terminal line is “stitched black and white. Wingspan is about 20 mm
Found in woodlands from Florida to Newfoundland, west to Manitoba. Adults fly in the spring. This one was attracted to a porch light in Edgefield County, SC.
It's also called Brown-shaded Carpet Venusia.
Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Mar 23, 2013
No Comments