The Mulberry Wing
Here's another New York MOW that comes from outside of New York. But it was very close -- at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Kevin Keating found it during the daytime July 12, nectaring on spotted knapweed. It's a Titan Sphinx (Aellopos titan). Although its range is given by Covell as Maine to Florida, it is considered uncommon to rare in the north. And it shows that finding good moths does not have to be night time endeavor. 

Moth of the Week © 2007 Steve Walter