Moth Week 2024 - post your moths, and other moth related questions/information

[ljodwalis]

I’m still a relative newbie here and haven’t checked the Forum for awhile, so Moth Week was a surprise to me. In fact, I’ve only recently come to enjoy moths and actively look for them, which is easy in some ways – all of our moths have to be diurnal! I live in the central part of Alaska, specifically the Fairbanks area which is less than 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, and we only just yesterday finished our 72-day run of 24-hour daylight/civil twilight. On the other hand, they’re hard to photograph because they’re often flying fast and erratically. There are several species that I initially thought were butterflies until joining and posting to iNaturalist. Here are two from this week, both new species for me. Thanks to @jasonrgrant for the ids!

Dark Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma citrata)

Rannoch Looper (Macaria brunneata)

[chipperatl]

Finally got a warmup, and huge bout of insomnia to close out Moth Week with 3 more provincial lifers…and a 4th early this morning.
Fairly sure on the IDs.
Clandestine Dart

Thoreau’s Flower Moth

Interrupted Dagger

From a couple days ago Even-lined Sallow

I still have over 1500 photos to go through, so maybe another lifer will pop up days later like this bucket list Pink-fringed Dolichomia Moth.

[erin-816]

Shinia florida, found in my garden 7/22/24