The Mulberry Wing
With a winter that went on and on and on, it seemed we'd never get to this point, but here it is -- the first Moth of the Week for 2005. It's a Ruby Quaker (Orthosia rubescens) of the Noctuid subfamily Hadeninae. It's not one that I'd expect to start off with -- most of my records are from the second half of April. But there it was at Muttontown Preserve, Nassau County, April 6. 

Moth of the Week © 2005 Steve Walter