LEAVING THE PORCH LIGHT ON

MOTHS ON THE DOOR

Luna Moth Actius luna

Subfamily  Saturniinae

The book says common May to July - but in forty years I can count the times I've seen it on one hand.
The wing span is 7.5 to 10.5 cm
Food trees for larva in our area are abundant: alder, cherry, hazelnut and willow

One-eyed Sphinx
Smerinthus cerisyi

It let me gently pull its wings out to see the spot
- the main identifying mark being the black bull's eye in the blue eye-spot .

The book calls this un-common yet I see it every year.
Larva food: poplar, willow and plums

Another visitor The Curve-Toothed Geometer
Eutrapela clemataria

Food: ash, aspen, birches, fir, poplars, willow etc
Common : till August

When they have closed wings they are hard to find in books .

WINDOW WATCHERS JUNE 21, 2012

Luna Moth

Likely a Spotted Tussock Moth
Lophocampa maculata
Locally commom
June 21, 2012