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At blacklight after dark at edge of shrubby sedge meadow and degraded wet prairie.

discovered here by Ben and Kerstyn

On leadplant

Came to porch lights left on from 20:30-22:30. ID uncertain. Maybe P. cataphracta?

At porch lights or sugar bait after dark on breezy, cool night with light cloud cover. P. nebris? Somewhat large and speckled...

At blacklight or sugar bait after dark in open oak woodland at edge of mesic prairie and marsh. All individuals photographed. Weird arctivorens?

At building lights left on overnight.

At building lights left on after dark.

At sugar bait or blacklight after dark in oak/hickory woodland. Did not record weather.

At building lights left on after dark.

Monches IAT

Catocala caterpillar on black walnut.

Some type of moth or butterfly larva, occasionally “inch” crawling on some paracord at our campsite. About 2” long.

Left a silk strand on my finger

Development Series

White medulla (not pictured) and lacking soredia

On a cold, north-facing sandstone cliff with yellow birch, rock polypody, Ramalina intermedia, Heterodermia speciosa, and abundant Lepraria

My first thought is A. ralla, but I am wondering if it might be an A. puta?

Abundant on some trees along a creek below a N facing bluff

Lower surface black centrally

Last photo is K test, 03/06/2024
Cortex K+y, C-
Medulla negative

At blacklight after dark in mesic-wet prairie on breezy night (65-58F).

dissected female

At blacklight after dark in mesic prairie.

Bong State Recreation Area

At porch lights after dark.

At blacklight after dark in remnant sand prairie. Can't bring myself to call it Lacanobia subjuncta, but something similar, or maybe that's it... Apamea?

At blacklight after dark in small overgrown remnant prairie on top of west-facing cliff within matrix of mixed forest overlooking open and forested wetland. All individuals photographed. ID uncertain.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2079269

tentative ID

Stigler Nature Preserve

At porch lights after dark.

At blacklight after dark at edge of remnant bluff prairie and overgrown oak woodland. Breeze, full moon, partly cloudy with very light rain, ~68F. All individuals photographed. ID uncertain.