Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road

Tag: moths

  • Night Beauties

    There is something to be said for the night. The darkness holds a sense of promise, as if anything could happen. ~Meg Collett The frequent evening storms have kept me from setting up my moth lights, so with a break in the rain earlier this week, I jumped at the opportunity. I was feeling a Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Moths and More

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    So much detail goes unnoticed in the world. ~Barbara Kingsolver After our moth party last month during National Moth Week, we have put out the moth lights and sheet a few more times to see what new species we might attract to our deck here in the woods. It has been pretty productive and we Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Mothing 2023

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    Life begins at night. ~Charlaine Harris National Moth Week (NMW) is now officially over for 2023. This celebration of the insects of the evening was last week, July 22-30. It is meant to bring awareness to the incredible diversity of the nocturnal insects that many of us only see as something flitting around our windows Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Moth Night 2022

    There are moths outside, ready to die for a light they crave but which is denied to them, … Sometimes, in the midst of all I have been given, I watch the moths in us all. Everybody has a light which they think they cannot live without. ~Alma Alexander A bit of a deep starting Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • National Moth Week Ends

    I think that engaging with natural history – learning the identity and phenology of your neighbors by reading about their stories, and studying their lives alongside your own can give anyone a sense of rootedness. ~Henry Hershey One reason I like National Moth Week so much is that it reminds me to make the effort Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Frills, No Frills

    It is almost impossible to think of something no one has thought of before, but it always possible to add different frills. ~Isaac Asimov Friday morning when I went out the basement door to fill the bird feeders, a fuzzy blob on the window caught me eye. I leaned over and saw this strange-looking moth. Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Eclosure

    You do not just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth is a process. ~Rupi Kaur Eclosure = the emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larvae from the egg… Nature is always providing examples of remarkable survival and transformation. Witnessing eclosure is one of those magical things to me (must Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Moth Jets

    If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn’t be able to fly. But the butterfly doesn’t know that, so it flies. ~Howard Schultz I’m not sure anyone could use that quote when describing the sphinx moths. They certainly look like they were made to fly and I have always been Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Moth Week Plus

    I’ve always preferred moths to butterflies. They aren’t flashy or cocky; they mind their own business and just try to blend in with their surroundings and live their lives. ~Kayla Krantz National Moth Week ended yesterday and I managed to miss most of it for a variety of lame reasons. But, even though I failed Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Seek, and Ye Shall Find

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    The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. ~Confuscius This past month, I have tried to find 5 or 10 minutes each day at work to walk around the building breezeways to photograph any moths that were attracted to the lights the previous night. I hope to create a library of Read more…

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    Mike Dunn