Porchlight, Guilford CT

[Dale Roberts/Bill Yule]

Hi moth-ers.
     Been a bit since I gave a porchlight report so I'm going to let one fly tonight.  Been some good bugs around the light and I'll give some highlights of the ones I like and maybe some of you are seeing some of these too.
Tonight- one of my all time favorites, fresh and beautiful, the "Giant Leopard Moth" (Ecpantheria scribonia). This moth is spectacular, no other word for it.
Scaling down is a minature look-a-like at first glance,
"The Hebrew" (Polygrammate herbarium).
Next up is 
"Parthenice Tiger Moth" (Grammia parthenice intermedia) I think? similar to but smaller than the Virgin Tiger moth, and lacks two central hind wing spots.
Last night two falses-
"False Crocus Geometer" (Xanthotype urticaria) and the "Locust Underwing" (Euparthenos nubilis) a false underwing since it's not in the genus Catocala but a beauty none the less. I'd have to say that this moth is much redder on the underwing than appears in Covell's guide. Earlier in the week I had the real "False Underwing" (Allotria elonnympha).
Moving on to the bird dropping moths "The Beautiful Wood-Nymph" (Eudryas grata) and the "Beautiful Eutelia" (Eutelia bellicula).
Last in the moth department among the hordes (one morning I had thirty) of "Pale Beauties"(Campaea perlata) that have erupted recently I've had two that were green like an emerald. It threw me off for awhile but then I gradually realized what they were. Very impressive and a surprise.

Other stuff---- Having the usual assortment of beetles, flies, wasps, caterpillars, about a zillion moths I didn't try to ID and whatnot. here's a sample. Big honking fishflies lurking around almost every night. Three carrion beetle species, (Nicophorous sp.). A half dozen Ichneumon wasps (Ophion sp) that I suspect are parisitizing the caterpillars and a phantom crane fly.
  Well that's probably a whole lot more than you ever wanted to know about the bugs on my porch so I'm done.
Remember with your porch light they come to you.

                                           Bill Yule
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