Early Spring moths are flying

If you haven't already done so, it is time to start putting out the lights again! Overwintering moths will often appear on warmer-than-average nights, but the first moths of this year have now also started to emerge. For some of these early-flying moths we have very few records, maybe because not so many people are looking this early. A case in question is the Goat Sallow (Homoglaea hircina). This species emerges in Fall, but it seems to go into hibernation very quickly and it is hardly ever seen at that time of year. It flies again in March and April. One was found this week in Dedham (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71035825), only the third record in the Mass Moths database since 2000 and only the second locality in that time. We have several reports from Sturbridge and Leverett in the 1970s, so it probably still could be found across the State where aspens are common.

Julkaistu maaliskuu 13, 2021 09:23 AP. käyttäjältä swhitebread