** Brian Stone shares another photo of an EASTERN PHOEBE [Moucherolle
phébi]. This flycatcher is often one of the later ones to migrate because it
does not go as far south for its winter retreat.
** There are a few moth species that can be very abundant, coming to
lights at this time of year. One is the AUTUMNAL MOTH [Arpenteuse verte
veloutée] that visited my moth light in numbers on Friday and Sunday night
nights. Note the inverted V in the central median area and the line of paired
dark dots on the terminal line that help identify it. The BRUCE SPANWORM
[Arpenteuse de Bruce] is another moth that favours late fall and is similar at
first glance but lacks that inverted V and has discal spots near there, and the
dots on the terminal line are single dots not paired. A few photos are added to
show this.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
AUTUMNAL MOTH.OCT 10, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
BRUCE SPANWORM.
EASTERN PHOEBE. OCT. 10, 2015. BRIAN STONE
