Daily Archives: March 9, 2014

Moths shown here represent a collage of Spring Quakers, Woodlings, Woodgrains and Large Arches, all of which are placed in the Family Noctuidae and the Subfamily Noctuinae.  I reckon these images may represent 14 genera and 16 species that are commonly observed in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

A few of these Noctuid moths are particularly challenging to identify!  See if you can identify a few of these moths by matching them with images found on pages 480-493 of the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. 

Click on this link to the Moth Photographers Guide to find excellent photographs many, many other North American species of Spring Quakers, Woodlings, Woodgrains, and Large Arches: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/fast.php?plate=63.0&size=l&sort=p

Prominent Moths are grouped in the Family Notodontidae.  Images shown here represent 11 genera and 14 common species found in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. 

See if you can identify our local Prominent Moths by matching them with images found on pages 270-287 of the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. 

Click on this link to the Moth Photographers Guide to find many wonderful photographs these and other species of Prominent Moths : http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/slow.php?plate=21&sort=h

Archips Leafrollers are small moths, usually about a centimeter in length.  They are in the Family Tortricidae, and are very similar to the Tortrix Leafrollers that were featured earlier on this site.  The 18 Archips Leafrollers shown here represent 8 genera and at least 16 common species found in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.  I hope to catch and photograph many more species of local Archipini this summer, 2014.

Try to identify the moths in the photographs above by matching them with images found on pages 96-102 in the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. 

How many different species of Archips Leafrollers can you find?

Want to see more?  Brace yourself, and then click on this link to the Moth Photographers Guide where you will find many, many more pinned examples of Archipini species: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/pinned.php?plate=09.1&size=m&sort=h