The Mulberry Wing
In this extremely dry spring, May 27 was finally a night with enough humidity to black light. But that wasn't the only light around. Usually, I'm pretty good at reading weather radar. Something went wrong this time and I found myself looking at lightning. Does that attract moths, too? I'll just credit the black light for producing this Twin-spotted Sphinx (Smerinthus jamaicensis), the first record at Jamica Bay Wildlife Refuge since 2001.    

Moth of the Week © 2008 Steve Walter