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Nodding Nixie (Apteria aphylla)Observer
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Cluster of flowering plants found beneath a dry fallen palm frond.
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Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)Observer
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Resting on the outside of building, fairly high above the ground.
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Paperwhite (Narcissus papyraceus)Observer
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Growing in roadside ditch.
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Green Mantidfly (Zeugomantispa minuta)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Northern Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus oppositus)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Banded Graphisurus (Graphisurus fasciatus)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Hawaiian Dancing Moth (Dryadaula terpsichorella)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Somber Carpet Moth (Disclisioprocta stellata)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Green Horse Fly (Chlorotabanus crepuscularis)Observer
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Observed at moth light (white)
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Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)Observer
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Observed at white porch light after dark.
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Grizzled Mantis (Gonatista grisea)Observer
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Observed on open front porch of human residence during daylight.
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Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin)Observer
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Observed nectaring on Bidens sp. growing on a levee separating a salt marsh from a brackish impoundment.
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Genus StatiraObserver
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Observed at white porch light.
Not sure which species this is. Based on comments on nearby observations, I'm leaning toward Statira dolera, but not with enough confidence to ID this individual more finely than genus without an expert's say so. Input appreciated.
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Octagonal Casemaker Moth (Homaledra octagonella)Observer
gldearmanDescription
Found on the underside of a wild grape (Vitis sp.) leaf. Because this species is said to feed on lichen, I'm entering that as an "associated plant" rather than a "host plant."
I don't know if these pupate within their larval cases like bagworms do, so I don't know if this is a larva or a pupa.
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Dusky Groundling (Condica vecors)Observer
gldearmanDescription
Observed at white porch light after dark.
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Stained-glass Moth (Samea castellalis)Observer
gldearmanDescription
Observed at white porch light after dark.
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Leatherleaf Fern Borer Moth (Undulambia polystichalis)Observer
gldearmanDescription
Observed at white porch light after dark.
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Black-dotted Ruddy Moth (Ilexia intractata)Observer
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Observed at white porch light after dark.
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Brindled Zelleria (Zelleria retiniella)Observer
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Observed under white porch light.
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Pissonotus binotatusObserver
gldearmanDescription
Several individuals observed on some kind of aster in an overgrown pasture. I am not certain that these photos all represent the same individual. Host plant was probably camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris); will update observation with that information if I find a photo of the plant to upload for positive ID.
Note stubby white wings identifying these as brachypterous adult females.
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Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)Observer
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Observed within brush and low trees along the side of a road.
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Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)Observer
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Seen on tree trunk in closed-canopy forest near creek.
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Nearctic Beaded Lacewings (Genus Lomamyia)Observer
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Observed under white porch light after dark.
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Banded Tussock Moth (Halysidota tessellaris)Observer
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Observed during daylight crawling on the trunk of an American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana.
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Short-lined Chocolate (Argyrostrotis anilis)Observer
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Observed after dark at edge of woodland area near bait (rotting overripe bananas). No solid evidence of connection between moth and bait; proximity could have been a coincidence.
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Disonycha discoideaObserver
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Found after dark on Passiflora incarnata (purple passionflower) growing on fence between driveway and overgrown pasture.
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Northern Grass Mantis (Brunneria borealis)Observer
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One of a few individuals observed after dark on tall grass at the roadside edge of a pasture.
For an observation of a different individual seen in the same area at the same time, see here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103797088
