Cindy M
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This past Monday we finally had a couple warm nights in a row, warm enough to encourage a few moth species to emerge- and emerge they did! The area around our mercury vapor light was absolutely full of hundreds of medium-sized white fluttering moths known as 'The Half-Wings' (Phigalia titea)- species in the Geometridae, or inchworm family. It literally looked like it was snowing, there were so many of them. The full moon lit up the woods well and if I stepped away from the light out into the trees, the 'snow' appeared to be rising upwards from the understory, where they have spent the cold months overwintering under the leaves in cocoons- it was beautiful beyond words. I could see and hear flocks of ducks flying over by the full moon and alot of smaller passerines- I stood under the tall trees that were swaying in the winds, as if they were waving the birds and the moths onward, grateful for the ability to appreciate and enjoy the magic.
Moths of Michigan
Moths of Michigan
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