This little moth would fit on my thumbnail. The black areas are iridescent in full sun, as here--hints of blue, purple, and green. The white markings are bright white. It's called Mournful Thyris (Pseudothyris sepulchralis) but I don't see anything mournful about it. Clownish, in fact. I can see it as a masked reveler at Carnival.80 acres: new species
This little moth would fit on my thumbnail. The black areas are iridescent in full sun, as here--hints of blue, purple, and green. The white markings are bright white. It's called Mournful Thyris (Pseudothyris sepulchralis) but I don't see anything mournful about it. Clownish, in fact. I can see it as a masked reveler at Carnival.-
Birthday
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Coolth
Through September and most of October, the temperature crawled slowly down from 100s to the upper, then mid, then low 90s. Nighttime temperatures,…
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Interesting bug
This afternoon I saw a treehopper (or some kind of hopper) on the kitchen window screen, so went outside to photograph it. The wind was very…
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