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1 0 Yellow Spragueia  Moth

Yellow Spragueia Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Owlet Moth, Size is 16 to 17 mm.

0 0 Spotted Phosphila Moth

Spotted Phosphila Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Owlet Moth with a wingspan approximately 30 mm.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Hickory (new spring growth), likely mockernut hickory or pignut hickory.

2 2 Deep Yellow Euchlaena Moth

Deep Yellow Euchlaena Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Large geometer moth with yellow to reddish wings, prominent light apical patch.

0 0 Black-dotted Hemeroplanis Moth

Black-dotted Hemeroplanis Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Reddish Brown moth with a dark reniform spot on each forewing.

0 0 Eoparargyractis irroratalis

Eoparargyractis irroratalis

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This moth is in the Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths).

3 1 Decorated Owlet Moth

Decorated Owlet Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Noctuoidea moth with variable wing pattern, but usually mottled yellowish, ...

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This spotting is the leaves and catkins (male reproductive structures) of an ...

1 0 Dark Marathyssa

Dark Marathyssa

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth in the Family Euteliidae with wingspan 2.5-2.8 cm. The forewings are ...

1 0 Sharp-blotched Nola Moth

Sharp-blotched Nola Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Nolid Moth (Family Nolidae) that is mostly white with a wide black band across ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Very small beetle with red thorax and black body.

2 1 Ferguson's Scallop Shell Moth

Ferguson's Scallop Shell Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Ferguson's Scallop Shell or Cherry Scallop Shell (Rheumaptera prunivorata) is a ...

3 1 Short-lined Chocolate Moth

Short-lined Chocolate Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Chocolate brown, arrowhead-shaped moth with two white diagonal stripe bands ...

1 0 Texas Mocis

Texas Mocis

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The Texas Mocis (Mocis texana) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. ...

9 1 Trumpet Vine Moth

Trumpet Vine Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Pyralid Moth with a wingspan 15-25 mm. Adult forewing costa are very wavy; ...

1 0 Angle-winged Emerald Moth

Angle-winged Emerald Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Emerald Moth, green in color with angled wings containing fringed borders. ...

0 0 Black-bordered Lemon Moth

Black-bordered Lemon Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Owlet moth with lemon yellow forewings and tiny blackish claviform and reniform ...

0 1 Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth

Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth in the Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths). Forewing is a pale ...

2 2 Waved Sphinx Moth

Waved Sphinx Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Forewing is pale brownish gray with wavy black and white lines and a ...

2 0 Warm-chevroned Moth

Warm-chevroned Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth with yellow-brown forewing with dark brown veins. Wide orange-brown shade ...

1 0 Locust Sawfly Instar

Locust Sawfly Instar

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This is one of the developmental (instar) stages of the Locust Sawfly. The host ...

0 0 Speckled Dun Mayfly

Speckled Dun Mayfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This is one of the Small Minnow Mayflies (Family Baetidae). It's an adult ...

0 0 Southern Emerald Moth

Southern Emerald Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Relatively small, lime-green moth with small white, wavy lines. Wingspan about ...

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This is one of the Moths in the Genus Zale. It's likely Zale lunifera or Zale ...

1 1 Colorful Foliage Ground Beetle

Colorful Foliage Ground Beetle

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Very small beetle (< 0.25 inches). Head and thorax are black. Abdomen is a ...

1 0 Cutworm or Dart Moth

Cutworm or Dart Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth with tan, brown, and gray markings. Morrisonia is a moth genus in the ...

0 0 Braconid Wasp

Braconid Wasp

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This wasp is a member of the Genus Phanerotoma in the Family Braconidae ...

3 0 Southern Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Southern Tussock Moth Caterpillar

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Very hairy, multicolored (brown, cream) caterpillar with black head containing ...

1 0 Common Pinkband Moth

Common Pinkband Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Owlet Moth with dark brownish or grayish forewing liberally sprinkled with pale ...

0 0 Dimorphic Tosale Moth

Dimorphic Tosale Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Pyralid Moth (Pyralidae) with posture and wing pattern apparently distinctive. ...

0 0 Double-humped Pococera Moth

Double-humped Pococera Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Pyralid Moth (Pyralidae) in the Genus Pococera. It's also called the Striped ...

0 0 Lunate Zale Moth

Lunate Zale Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This is one of the Zale Moths in the Family Erebidae. Adults are quite ...

1 0 Red-humped Caterpillar Moth

Red-humped Caterpillar Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Caterpillar (up to 35mm) has bright red head and red hump over segment A3. ...

2 1 Large Necklace Moth

Large Necklace Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Forewing warm light brown, orange at base and along outer margin. Four whitish ...

2 0 Packard's Lichen Moth

Packard's Lichen Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Very similar to Cisthene subjecta but slightly larger. Forewing gray; thin ...

1 0 Slowpoke Moth

Slowpoke Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Owlet Moth (Family Noctuidae): Adult - forewing dark grayish-brown; lines ...

2 0 Blackberry Looper Moth

Blackberry Looper Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The Blackberry Looper (Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria) is a moth of the ...

0 0 Common Idia Moth

Common Idia Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Adult: forewing spot large, pale, conspicuously contrasting against ground ...

2 0 Northern Sister Ringless Amanita

Northern Sister Ringless Amanita

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Look for the slightly brownish or olivaceous coloring to the cap with gray ...

1 1 White-headed Prominent Moth

White-headed Prominent Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth with distinctive creamy mark on forewing. Wingspan is 3.3 - 4.5 cm. ...

0 0 Brown-shaded Carpet Moth

Brown-shaded Carpet Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Adult: FW Pale gray, with faint patterns of wavy lines. Black outer half of ...

0 0 Signate Quaker Moth

Signate Quaker Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Adult: forewing dark orange or brown crossed by 3 or 4 darker lines; reniform ...

0 0 Short-Tailed Ichneumon Wasp

Short-Tailed Ichneumon Wasp

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Abdomen long, compressed on the sides. Body pale yellow to reddish brown. ...

4 0 Hebrew Moth

Hebrew Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Moth with a distinct pattern resembling Hebrew characters. Wingspan is ...

0 1 Field Pansy

Field Pansy

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The wild pansy is deep violet to pale lavender in color. This one has a small ...

0 0 Large Purplish Gray Moth

Large Purplish Gray Moth

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

As its common name implies, this moth is purplish gray in color with lighter ...

0 1 Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasp

Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasp

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This genus (Exenterus) of parasitic ichneumon wasp feeds on the larvae of ...

0 0 Gyponine Leafhopper

Gyponine Leafhopper

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This leafhopper gets its it species name (scarlatina) from the red flecks on ...

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