ooh! So I grabbed my camera and hopped outside:
Then the sun hit:
Here you can see his/her eye.
And here's a peek at an antenna (looks like a comb, imp. to distinguish sex, not that I can tell...):
Searched Calphotos for the genus and Phyllodesma americana*, lappet moth, looks JUST right, to my inexpert eye. Once again I owe a debt of gratitude to rely my entomologically gifted friends. Thanks!!
biobabbler
* Just got this confirmed by a moth expert friend, so we're good!
PS Cruised my property this a.m. and got shots of what's blooming and a fun bonus on 2 of the flowers I shot (next post or 2). Oh, and finally went toward where the raven pair were cawing incessantly in time to see a tawny bobcat trot down our neighbors' driveway in the springtime sun. Needless to say, chickens went back in the coop for a while... Take home lesson: LISTEN TO WILDLIFE! Esp. if you have poultry to protect.
I'm just a little piece of bark, or maybe a leaf--nothing to see here!
ReplyDelete=) Nice. That's what Wendy suggested (tho' using 3rd person v. 1st), too. And she's officially a wildlife biologist, so nice work, CP. =) Or should I say, Dr. CP?
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