Sunday, October 28, 2012
Weather Changes
With recent snow - a total of 4" in the past week - the moth sightings have dropped to zero. The last sighting was of a light brown plume moth on Oct. 24th. The temperatures are to reach the 60's this week during the day, and 40's at night, so maybe there is some hope to see a reemergence. I'm not familiar with the effect of snow on moth populations, so it will be a learning experience over the coming months.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Website start
Starting this website and blog to share photos and compare notes with other observers.
Resources for moths in Colorado - and their identification - seem hard to come by. Many appear to be linked with "western" moths, and are perhaps not as familiar and documented as "eastern" moths.
My previous experience has been with "southern" moths. I had the ability to compare my pictures with three websites showing moths from the same state, as well as another website for a neighboring state. Between them all, it was easy to match up my pictures with their pictures and make a positive ID. But I see no likewise source of pictures for moths in Colorado (other than those listed in "Links"). Hopefully this website - together with those - will help others identify moths they come across, and/or photograph.
JR
Resources for moths in Colorado - and their identification - seem hard to come by. Many appear to be linked with "western" moths, and are perhaps not as familiar and documented as "eastern" moths.
My previous experience has been with "southern" moths. I had the ability to compare my pictures with three websites showing moths from the same state, as well as another website for a neighboring state. Between them all, it was easy to match up my pictures with their pictures and make a positive ID. But I see no likewise source of pictures for moths in Colorado (other than those listed in "Links"). Hopefully this website - together with those - will help others identify moths they come across, and/or photograph.
JR
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