BugGuide has 427,968 photos of adult moths. I just scrolled through the first 2,000 of them, looking for a match to today's moth or one of yesterday's pair. I found two to match this one, both just south of here, in Washington, both identified only as Lepidoptera. One had been labelled "unknown"; the other was a bit more specific — a "beige" moth.
So I get to give this one any name I want. "Lion's mane moth" sounds about right.
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| Top view. |
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| Side view. Big eyes! |
He was sleeping on the carpet this morning, and let me measure him; he's 2 cm., forehead fuzz to the fringe on his wings.
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El sitio BugGuide tiene 427.968 fotos de palomas (mariposas nocturnas) adultas. Acabo de examinar las primeras 2 mil, buscando una que correspondía a la de hoy, o a una de las de ayer. Encontré dos igual que esta, las dos un poco al sur de la isla, en el estado de Washington, las dos identificadas solamente como lepidópteros. A una le habían puesto el calificativo de "desconocida"; para la otra, con un poco más ambición, le llamaron "beige".
Así que me toca darle a esta el nombre que más me parece justo. Creo que le voy a llamar la paloma "melena de león".
Fotos: la paloma, vista desde arriba y desde un lado.
Hoy dormía en el piso y me permitió medirla; mide 2 cm. desde las plumas en la frente hasta el fleco de las alas.
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