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Post by missourimothhunter on Oct 5, 2012 1:05:52 GMT -8
It's now October 2012 and I still see some moths on my porch under the light. Most of them are dull brown or gray. Is there a smooth-loading website which lists the most common moths? It seems like so many sites have to do with canada or england or places I can't even spell. So I just mean: moths a man would expect to find in America, and particularly the midwest.
I wonder as it gets colder say 50 degrees, if hundreds of tons of moths just freeze to death, like the herbs of the fields? Dying huddled up in crevises in tree bark. It looks like a fat moth with lots of fur on him would be designed to pull on through some cold patches and maybe live awhile into the Winter. Do they all die by World Series time.
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Post by prillbug4 on Oct 5, 2012 10:01:26 GMT -8
Moth Photographer's Group. I have seen moths flying in snow storm in mid-December here in Peoria, Illinois. Many genera, like Lithophanes hibernate under bark during the winter months, and I have found them on warmer days when there is snow on the ground. We also have winter flying moths between February and March, and it's simply a matter of going from light to light to find them, or if you have a light on your garage, you can check that as well during those months. Many insects have glycol in their bloodstreams which can prevent freezing. Jeff Prill
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Post by missourimothhunter on Nov 25, 2012 23:10:49 GMT -8
Sorry to take a month to reply, but I lost the thread and only noticed your reply by googling myself. I still see 'trash'/miller type moths on my Porch Light even after the temp has sometimes dipped at night to 25 degrees, here in southern MO this Nov 26, 2012. They seem to be dark and light colored 'loopers', mid-sized to small moths --nondescript gray or brown. Each night, when the evening temp remains above 60 degrees, they have a good activity on my porch light. Sad to think of the billions of moths at close of summer who die like the flowers in the old Lowell poem (Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers...). Likely there may be many that science doesn't know about that tuck into bark or slightly warm places and come on through to next Spring.
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Post by mikelock34 on Nov 27, 2012 13:35:15 GMT -8
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