Monday, May 25, 2020

Mothing is Hard

This is a Variable Reddish Pyrausta (Pyrausta rubricalis).


Once again it was my friend Ann-Marie (NJPineways) who ID this critter for me. Another common moth, perhaps the most common Pyrausta in our area.

Which makes it all the more curious that this moth is not in the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America, an otherwise excellent guide.

Which is my excuse for not being able to identify this moth.

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