The Mulberry Wing
When I told someone that my August 4 black lighting effort at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation produced a Gallium Sphinx (Hyles gallii), he suggested that I make it an MOW. What, this little ole' inconspicuous thing as an MOW? This species appears to be the northern counterpart of one that I featured last year, the White-lined Sphinx. By the way, the same light brought in a Polyphemus Moth and a Vesper Bluet, a new damselfly for the park (and what a way to get it).

Moth of the Week © 2007 Steve Walter