Scoliopteryx libatrix
(Herald Moth)
Landed on my wife (Carole's) arm while she was picking apples.
Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
Hyles lineata
(White-lined Sphinx)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Vanessa annabella
(West Coast Lady)
On common lanender
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Hyles lineata
(White-lined Sphinx)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
UV light trap
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
UV light trap
Erebidae
(Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths)
UV light trap
Eudrepanulatrix sp.
UV light trap
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
UV light trap
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
UV light trap
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
UV light trap
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
UV light trap
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
UV light trap
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
UV light trap
Acronicta sp.
UV light trap
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Mating pair
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Ochlodes sp.
On brick of keyhole garden.
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
On a raspberry leaf
Male
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Dichrorampha sp.
On Common Yarrow flowers in south garden next to driveway
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
On Red Valerian
Associated Species: Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
On raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
22 Jun 2024
On white clover flowers in front (un-mowed) yard.
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
On Red Valerian in front garden
Associated Species: Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
Albuna pyramidalis
(Fireweed Clearwing Moth)
On
Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
On
Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Synanthedon tipuliformis
(Currant Clearwing Moth)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
Papilio sp.
Subgenus Pterourus
(Common Swallowtails)
On
Hesperis matronalis flowers
Associated Species: Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)
Phyciodes cocyta
(Northern Crescent)
On Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Confirmed by Merrill Peterson, the of Pacific Northwest Insects
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
Synanthedon tipuliformis
(Currant Clearwing Moth)
On raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Synanthedon tipuliformis
(Currant Clearwing Moth)
On raspberry leaf
daniel-gilbert corrected my ID on iNat. And since he specializes in clear-winged moths, I've changed my ID from Strawberry Crown Moth (Synanthedon bibionipennis).
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Pyralis farinalis
(Meal Moth)
7 Jun 2024
On kitchen wall
Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
On east wall of the house,
Pyralis farinalis
(Meal Moth)
In bathroom, 13 mm wingspan
Brymblia quadrimaculella
On spruce stump
Helicoverpa zea
(Corn Earworm Moth)
Found at the tip of a corn cob as it was being husked. ~ 15 mm
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
First butterfly of the year - at least that I've seen so far in the yard.
Catocala relicta
(White Underwing)
Forewing length ~ 40 mm
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Xestia c-nigrum
(Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Euxoa auxiliaris
(Army Cutworm Moth)
Euxoa auxiliaris
(Army Cutworm Moth)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
Euchromius ocellea
(Belted Grass-Veneer)
Acrobasis tricolorella
(Tricolored Acrobasis Moth)
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
Tolype sp.
(Tolype Moths)
UV trap
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Tharsalea sp.
Subgenus Epidemia
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Melitaeini
(Checkerspots)
21 Jun 2023
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Limenitis lorquini
(Lorquin's Admiral)
Melipotis jucunda
(Merry Graphic Moth)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio sp.
Subgenus Pterourus
(Common Swallowtails)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On Dandelion flower
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Dug up from a cutworm wasp (Podalonia) burrow. Length 35 mm.
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Under bark in the front garden.
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Mompha sp.
Found in shed. ~ 4 mm.
Mythimna unipuncta
(Armyworm Moth)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
11 mm
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
Xestia c-nigrum
(Lesser Black-letter Dart)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Spodoptera praefica
(Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth)
Emmelina monodactyla
(Morning-glory Plume Moth)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Noctuinae
(Cutworms and Dart Moths)
Xestia xanthographa
(Square-spot Rustic)
Xestia xanthographa
(Square-spot Rustic)
Xestia xanthographa
(Square-spot Rustic)
Spodoptera praefica
(Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth)
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
Dargida procinctus
(Girdler Moth)
UV Light trap
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
Colias sp.
(Clouded Yellows)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
In UV light trap
Spodoptera sp.
(Armyworm Moths)
Plutella xylostella
(Diamondback Moth)
In UV light trap
Acrobasis tricolorella
(Tricolored Acrobasis Moth)
Archips argyrospila
(Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth)
Caught in UV light trap
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
In UV light trap
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Male
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
6mm. On wax currant (Ribes cereum) leaf.
I captured this one and put it in a petri dish. After examining it under a microscope, I'm pretty sure it's a third instar Satyr Comma larvae.
(I used "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" by David Ja ...
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio multicaudata
(Two-tailed Swallowtail)
Pieris sp.
(Garden Whites)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
On the side of the shed. 17 mm
Dahlica sp.
Moving slowly on a spruce stump. ~ 5 mm.
Three-sided in cross section and sand-covered.
Ref. Charley Eiseman and Noah Carney's Tracks & Signs of Insects, p.250
Mompha sp.
Wing length ~ 6 mm
Captured near lamp in bedroom
BugGuide ID
Nymphalis californica
(California Tortoiseshell)
Nymphalis antiopa
(Mourning Cloak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Coleophora sp.
(Casebearers)
On raspberry leaf
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Emmelina monodactyla
(Morning-glory Plume Moth)
26 mm wingspan
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
(Poison Hemlock Moth)
Triphosa haesitata
(Tissue Moth)
On wall in house
Triphosa haesitata
(Tissue Moth)
On wall in bathroom
Mythimna unipuncta
(Armyworm Moth)
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
9 deg C, length 22 mm, black light trap
Pyralis farinalis
(Meal Moth)
On bathroom towel, 16 mm wingspan
Choreutis pariana
(Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Tharsalea helloides
(Purplish Copper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Burnsius communis
(New World Checkered-Skippers)
Hesperia juba
(Juba Skipper)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Chrysoteuchia topiarius
(Topiary Grass-Veneer)
On grass in lawn. length ~ 1 cm
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
Injured while mowing the lawn
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Netted from snowberry bush
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
(Poison Hemlock Moth)
Autographa californica
(Alfalfa Looper)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Achyra rantalis
(Garden Webworm Moth)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Celastrina asheri
(Asher's Blue)
Epermenia sp.
Captured in house
7 mm
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Mating pair
Macaria lorquinaria
(Lorquin's Angle)
Archips argyrospila
(Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth)
Length 11 mm
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Female
Papilio multicaudata
(Two-tailed Swallowtail)
Geometridae
(Geometer Moths)
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
Plutella xylostella
(Diamondback Moth)
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Coenonympha california
(Common Ringlet)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Autographa californica
(Alfalfa Looper)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Brymblia quadrimaculella
7 mm
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
Pterophoridae
(Plume Moths)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
Alucita sp.
Small moth on bathroom wall. Length ~ 8 mm
Operophtera bruceata
(Bruce Spanworm Moth)
BugGuide ID
Winged = ♂
The terminal line is a series of dark SINGLE dots -- a distinctive feature. = Operophtera bruceata (widespread, mostly northern)
Plutella xylostella
(Diamondback Moth)
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
BugGuide ID
The dark reniform spot and dark mark along the costa near the apex are good field marks and most often indicate this species.
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Heliothis phloxiphaga
(Darker-spotted Straw Moth)
Autographa californica
(Alfalfa Looper)
Hard to photograph, since it hovered and moved quickly.
BugGuide ID
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Hesperumia sulphuraria
(Sulphur Moth)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Hyles lineata
(White-lined Sphinx)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Polygonia satyrus
(Satyr Comma)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Mating pair
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Male
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Polix coloradella
(Skunk Moth)
Synanthedon bibionipennis
(Strawberry Crown Moth)
Female
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
Vanessa annabella
(West Coast Lady)
Noctua sp.
(Yellow Underwings)
Noctua pronuba
(Large Yellow Underwing)
Emmelina monodactyla
(Morning-glory Plume Moth)
23 mm wingspan
On west side of house
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Cercyonis pegala
(Common Wood-Nymph)
On a raspberry leaf
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Pero morrisonaria
(Morrison's Pero Moth)
Resting on my windowsill. Wingspan 40 mm.
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Colias eurytheme
(Orange Sulphur)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Phyciodes mylitta
(Mylitta Crescent)
Autographa californica
(Alfalfa Looper)
This poor moth was being attacked by ants and could no longer fly. It may Be too far gone to identify, but I thought I'd give it a try.
You can see one of the ants on the moth's front leg in the second picture. I took a video and tried to post it, ...
Associated Species: Ancistrocerus albophaleratus (White-banded Potter Wasp)
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
Associated Species: Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket)