The Mulberry Wing
Through April, representation of the Geometrid subfamily Ennominae was dominated by generally gray species. As May arrived, so did a number of the more colorful and showy species, such as those of the genera Plagodis and Probole. Shown here is an American Barred Umber (Anagoga occiduaria), which came to black light at the James Ramsay Hunt Sanctuary in Westchester county May 1.

Moth of the Week © 2004 Steve Walter