The Mulberry Wing
This frustrating spring continues to bring cool nights with low humidity, not the kind that beg one to go out for moths. With such a pattern, this seems to have become the Moth of the Month page. Anyway, a brief switch to warmer, southwest winds May 15 brought out a few moths (and a lot of warblers) to Jamaica Bay, including a new local record. This Mottled Gray Carpet (Cladara limitaria) of the Geomtrid subfamily Larentinae was found at Floyd Bennet Field. 

Moth of the Week © 2005 Steve Walter