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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If these are not merely optic phenomena resulting from reflection/refraction of the light off the wing scales, it may be interesting to test various species to see if their wings have any ability to store and then emit light energy. This then begs the question whether or not this capability has any adaptive value to the species or is just an accident of the materials the wings are built of.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jim Mason, Naturalist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:Jim@gpnc.org"><span style='color:blue'>Jim@gpnc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Great Plains Nature Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6232 E. 29th Street North<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wichita, KS 67220-2200<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>316-683-5499 x103 - voice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>316-688-9555 - fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.gpnc.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.gpnc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mike Quinn [mailto:entomike@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> BPatter789@aol.com<br><b>Cc:</b> jim@gpnc.org; leps-l@mailman.yale.edu; humble1@dtccom.net; cabana.shane@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leps-l] FW: luminescent moth - "contrails" ??<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Photo of moths at mercury vapor showing "contrails" ???<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/M7KgD0">http://bit.ly/M7KgD0</a><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Quinn, Austin<br>________________<br>Texas Entomology<br><a href="http://texasento.net" target="_blank">http://texasento.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, <<a href="mailto:BPatter789@aol.com" target="_blank">BPatter789@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I do not know if this will post to the list serve. If it does not, please feel free to re-post it there.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In July of 2010 (about the 9th) my wife and I spent a couple of nights at Manchester, Tennessee. I think we stayed at the Sleep Inn at 84 Relco Drive. The rear of that hotel faces a Quality Inn at 2314 Hillsboro Blvd. At the edge of the Quality Inn parking lot is a pole rising about 20-30 feet at the top of which is a 3-sided enclosure holding 1-2 extremely large lamps, probably mercury vapor but possibly another type. The light from this structure illuminates the large parking lot and the side of the Quality Inn.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We observed many dozens of moths flying back and forth through what I presume to have been an electrically charged or ionized atmosphere that might have extended 5-10 meters in front of and to the sides of the lamp(s). The flight path of each moth looked like a streak of bright light (nearly white or off-white) and, with so many moths being present, gave the impression of a burst of fireworks. These "contrails" were, I presume, the result of the collision of "charged particles" brought about by moth flight roiling the atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I don't believe that any moths flew into the lamp enclosure or nearer than 2-3 feet of it. I examined the parking lot near the pole and found no evidence of killed moths. There was no bat activity that we observed. I did not think to take photographs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Bob Patterson</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>12601 Buckingham Drive</span><br><span class=hoenzb>Bowie, Maryland 20715</span><br><span class=hoenzb><a href="tel:%28301%29%20-%20262-2459" target="_blank">(301) - 262-2459</a> pm. hours</span><br><span class=hoenzb><a href="http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Plates.shtml" target="_blank">Moth Photographers Group Website</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb><a href="http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files1/Live/BP/BPsite/identified.shtml" target="_blank">My Personal Moths Website</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Shane Adams<br>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:37 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:leps-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">leps-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>Subject: [Leps-l] luminescent moth<br><br>On june 13 2012 ~ 2Am about an hour north of Hinton Alberta, I seen what<br>appeared to be luminescent moths.<br>They would fly into a high watt halogen light then come out glowing like hot<br>embers. Even when they went behind the light tower they glowed. About the<br>size of a 25 cent coin. This would last about five seconds then it would<br>fade, and they would fly back to the light and come out glowing again. There<br>where moths on the side of the building that where flat white ish with<br>triangular wigs but I don't know if these where the same ones that where<br>glowing. Is there such a things a luminescent moth? What did I see?<br><br></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>