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New species for my yard Lep list!

Caterpillar, orange and black with a lot of black "spikes".

feeding on aster

On the Awasiwi Trail

Scattered colonies in one general area.
Sandhills State Forest

Note that this female is ovipositing by the wooly aphids. ID by AI

Seen in the woods.

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), 109_7886-Edit.tif

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), 109_7326.JPG

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Aeshna constricta

mating pair on goldenrod. They seem to like this patch of flowers, where a mating pair (not photographed) was seen 8/28/19 as well.

West Virginia White; Pieris virginiensis
Mile Around Woods
Bennington, Vt

West Virginia White; Pieris virginiensis
Mile Around Woods
Bennington, Vt

West Virginia White; Pieris virginiensis
Mile Around Woods
North Bennington, Vt.

nectaring on Claytonia

My initial reaction was West Virginia White but they are rare in this county so I settled for Mustard. I would appreciate any expert opinions and reasoning.

Owl #2 of the day, seen eating a rodent.

Life and death at the moth light as a hanging fly (Bittacidae) captured a moth on the sheet and proceeded to suck the life out of it.