Urania fulgens - Florida - Oct. 19

[Mike Quinn]

Second Urania moth recorded same day a few counties to the south!

As this is the third county record for FL, I added a FL map alongside my TX
map:
http://www.texasento.net/Urania.html

Mike Quinn, Austin

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From: Miklos Lorand
Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Subject: Urania fulgens - South Pasadena FL
To: entomike at gmail.com


Good afternoon,

With your permission, I am attaching two photos I took of *Urania fulgens* (a
bit out of focus) on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 5:30 PM on the south
facing atrium wall of my house. I live on Boca Ciega Bay, in South Pasadena,
Pinellas County, FL, Zip code 33707. We are just south west of St.
Petersburg. I was very excited about this moth, (I thought it was a
butterfly) and it took me until today to figure out what it was. I saw, that
on the same day, Oct. 19, someone photographed one in Cedar Key.

This moth was in very good shape, no tears and was resting upside down. I
rotated the photos.

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Thank you,
Miklos S. Lorand

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From: Mike Quinn <entomike at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:46 AM
Subject: Urania fulgens - Florida - Oct. 19
To: TXBL <TX-BUTTERFLY at listserv.uh.edu>
Cc: Leps-L <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>,


Only the second record for Florida...

"Found in Cedar Key after heavy winds coming in from west and south
through the Gulf of Mexico."
October 19, 2011

Photos by Maralee Joos of Gainesville:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildflorida/6265035052/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildflorida/6265035212/in/photostream/

Maralee Joos profile: http://www.flickr.com/people/wildflorida/

Map: Cedar Key, Levy Co., Florida (~80 km WSW of Gainesville on Gulf Coast)
http://bit.ly/nrbeR4

Urania Natural History
http://www.texasento.net/Urania.html

Mike Quinn, Austin
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