Noctua pronuba

[JH]

Jim - I have records of this moth on the wing (in CT) from May through September - that would suggest either two broods or one very long and staggered brood.  I'm leaning toward the former.  They're still flying here - found one in an argiope's web last night.

John
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John Himmelman
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Steffens <jjsteff at magpage.com>
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 11:56 PM
Subject: Noctua pronuba


>After observing Noctua pronuba for the first time ever in northern Delaware
>(New Castle County) on 6/1/00 and 6/5/00, I found adults flying in my yard
>again today.  This suggests two generations of N. pronuba per year in this
>region.  Do others observe two generations of this alien sp. as well?
>
>Jim Steffens
>jjsteff at magpage.com
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