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.-
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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Crayfish/crawfish/crawdads
I was afraid that we had lost our crayfish in the 5 year drought--they disappeared and did not return for well over a year when the drought ended.…
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Mushrooms Collapse
So on Thursday morning, the mushrooms were already collapsing, including some that had been yellowish healthy-looking nubbins yesterday:
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