Winter Moths

[PONDHAWK at aol.com]

Why let winter get in the way of seeing leps? There are now good numbers of 
male Fall Cankerworm Moths flying in the woods here in Queens, and an 
abundance of wingless females on tree trunks. This evening I also found a 
very late and worn Copper Underwing on a tree trunk. It was barely able to 
move in the 40 degree temperature. I picked it up to bring home for positive 
identification. The warmth of my house revived it and it's weakly flying 
around somewhere in here now. Another species that I found on a tree trunk 
remains unidentified (looks like a geometer).

And then every time it starts to get interesting, here comes another cold 
front.

Steve Walter
Bayside, NY