The Mulberry Wing
Another Geometer as MOW, how 'bout that? Well, it earned the right. While most of the candidates came to lights -- no imagination there -- this one went a step further. It's The Beggar (Eubaphe mendica), shown nectaring in broad daylight at the milkweed patch on Pell Hill at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, July 2. I don't know if it's regular thing for the species, as I don't run into it a whole lot. And by the way, one of these did come to the black light overnight. 

Moth of the Week © 2006 Steve Walter