Monday, September 01, 2008

Night and Day [insects are the ones]

Night [in Shakespeare Garden on 8/30/08]Ailanthus Webworm Moth -- seen in the daytime throughout Central Park as well as at night at the black light


A tiny moth we used to think was Callima argentocinctella but now are appealing to a higher authority for IDing -- Hugh McGuinness.


Two-spotted Tree Cricket on the portable generator [It powers the black light]


A Shakespeare Garden gastropod


and Day [at the Mountain Mint near Sparrow Rock - 8/30/08

An uncommon wasp: Scolia bicincta

A common butterfly --Red-banded Hairstreak