The Mulberry Wing
There was a theme to my September 13 outing at Floyd Bennet Field. There were several moths that looked like something that I should be familiar with, but didn't quite look right. Different species or variation? The site now has several records of Implicit Arches (Lacinipolia implicata). Each one seems to look a little different -- and this one even more so. Creeping into the equation is the possible appearance of the similar but more southerly Explicit Arches, which is not yet known from New York. 

Moth of the Week © 2005 Steve Walter 

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