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are in the us and canada now what about moths ohio alone has over 1 000 species of moths if you combine all the species of moths in the us and canada that number jumps to over 10 000 this diversity is incredible i love moth faces two weeks ago i was down in shawnee state forest for the ohio ornithological society s warblers and wildflowers weekend where i was assisting as a guide on friday and saturday night of the event when darkness fell fellow guide jeremy dominguez set up his custom built moth light trap although moths can be easily enough encountered light traps are an incredibly effective way to draw in scores of moths jeremy uses a strong mercury vapor light the most effective at drawing in moths to attract any nearby moths he strings up a white sheet next to the light to allow the moths a place to rest which also gives the moth ers a place to easily view the moths the moths in this post are a few of the more eye catching species that came to this trap i ll start with the azalea sphinx darapsa choerilus the sphinx moths are all attention grabbers due to either their size colors or both the azalea sphinx is a medium sized sphinx moth which is on the larger size compared to most moths with a rich chestnut color and pinkish hues many times the common name of a moth will reflect its preferred host plant which is the type of plant the caterpillar will feed on and the azalea moth is a great example the caterpillars of this species will feed on various azalea species genus rhododendron but will also feed on black gum and various viburnum species this inch long black and white beauty is the hebrew polygrammate hebraeicum the name stems from the black markings on its wings which resemble the characters of the hebrew alphabet the host plant of the hebrew is the black gum a species of tree when it comes to host plant specificity moths can be broken into 2 general groups there are moths who have two or more host plant species and then there are moths who only utilize a single specific plant species as their host plant with the hebrew falling into the latter group this moth can only be found wherever there are populations of black gum next up is the oak beauty phaeoura quernaria due to the sheer diversity of moths in ohio identification can be difficult unique looking moths like the previous two can be relatively easy to identify when you come across a more stereotypical moth with a camouflaged appearance identification becomes more difficult you begin relying on the shapes of lines on the wing presence or absence of any dots or otherwise characteristic features colors wing shape etc and then you get moths like the oak beauty which are variable with variable moths the exact colors lines patterning etc can vary from individual to individual making identification even harder the oak beauty can be id ed by its overall charcoal color and the presence of 2 wavy black lines across the wings with a varying amount of white associated with these black lines when you re dealing with such a diverse group of animals you re going to run into a variety of body forms a group of moths with a rather unique body form are the leaf blotch miner moths what a name these micro moths often prop themselves up using their forelegs such as the individual pictured above this specific species is the maple caloptilia caloptilia bimaculatella which can be identified by the presence of two creamy white triangles on either side of its wings another group of moths with a unique body form are the plume moths a moth can instantly be identified as a type of plume moth family pterophoridae by its t shaped body at rest a plume moth will roll up its modified wings giving it this t shape appearance plume moths are very difficult to identify down to species with most cases requiring careful dissection suffice to say i have no idea what species that the pictured plume moth is a group of moths i am always delighted to see are the emeralds the emeralds are all mostly pale green moths with lines of various other colors this individual is a white fringed emerald nemoria mimosaria the emeralds belong to the incredibly diverse and speciose family of moths called the geometers geometridae you might better know the geometers as the inch worms in fact this is why the family is named geometridae geometridae is based off of the latin word geometra which translates to earth measurer as the caterpillars of the geometridae moths inch along they could be said to be measuring the earth my favorite moth of all time is this magnificent beauty the rosy maple moth dryocampa rubicunda moths don t get much better than this in my opinion luckily the rosy maple moth is pretty common in ohio the rosy maple belongs to the saturniidae family of moths also known as the giant silkworm and royal moths this family holds most of the large stunning moths people are familiar with such as the luna moth cecropia moth and imperial moth but not all the saturniids are large the rosy maple moth is only about two inches long and an inch wide small by saturniid standards like other saturniid moths the adult rosy maple moth has no mouthparts it does all of its feeding during its caterpillar phase the sole purpose of an adult upon emergence from the pupal stage is to find a mate reproduce and then wait for death i ll end this post with the star of the weekend well at least when it comes to moths as you might recognize this is a luna moth actias luna the luna moth a large moth in the saturniidae family is always one of the highlights of any mothing event when they make an appearance this individual flew in just before the sheet was closed down for the night if you want to learn more about the luna moth click on this link for a post that s all about lunas are you interested in moths do you live in the northeastern portion of the united states if so i highly recommend getting the peterson field guide to moths of northeastern north america this is a must have field guide for anyone trying to identify moths in ohio and the surrounding states thanks for reading posted by kyle brooks at 7 20 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels nature ohio photography parks insects lepidoptera moths scioto county ohio location shawnee state park shawnee state forest headquarters 4404 oh 125 west portsmouth oh 45663 usa saturday october 15 2016 fact check poisonous canadian caterpillar invades midwest every year around the beginning of autumn i see a story passed around on various social media outlets especially facebook all these stories are titled something to the effect of poisonous venomous caterpillar found in assorted locations and they re all about the little caterpillar of the hickory tussock moth even news outlets pick this story up sadly the claims these stories make are pretty much completely wrong here s a fact check on the hickory tussock moth the hickory tussock moth lophocampa caryae is a species belonging to the tiger moths tribe arctiini the rather dashing adults look like this the caterpillars on the other hand are black and white these caterpillars are covered in white hairs with a central line of black hairs running down their back reports of the hickory tussock moth courtesy of butterflies and moths of north america the first thing i want to clarify about this species is their range most stories act like these caterpillars are rare in whatever state they re writing about and that they are coming in from some other location one of the most hilarious stories i ve seen claimed this was a native canadian species that was invading ohio the hickory tussock moth is actually a really common species throughout new england and the eastern midwest their range also extends north to the very southern portion of the canadian province of ottawa if anything these aren t a canadian species but an american one that barely extends into canada and these caterpillars aren t exactly rare across their range either i ve seen a dozen or so during a single hike before and that was without trying to look for them but the main thing i want to talk about is their supposed venom poison which many stories will say is very dangerous to humans first let s clarify what poisonous and venomous means poison means a toxin that is ingested i e if you eat it and get sick it s poisonous venom is a toxin that is injected into you via fangs a stinger or some other modified part of the body i e if it bites or stings you and you get sick it s venomous unless you plan on eating a caterpillar the only way it could be dangerous to you is through venom but is the hickory tussock moth caterpillar venomous the short answer is no the hickory tussock moth caterpillar is not venomous however it is a bit more complicated than that so let s start with the basics many caterpillar species are covered in hairs called setae these setae help with sensation like how a cat s whiskers do many times these setae are harmless like in the woolly bear but in some species these hairs can break off into an animal s skin and cause irritation sort of like a cactus s spines or bristles in some other species like the caterpillars of the flannel moths these setae have been modified into hollow spines and at the bottom of the spines are venom glands sort of like a bee s stinger the caterpillars with these spines and venom glands can truly be called a venomous caterpillar but does the hickory tussock moth caterpillar have these the answer is no hickory tussock moth caterpillars do not have stinging spines nor venom glands hartmann 2009 kuspis et al 2001 they do however have the irritating setae that i previously mentioned but are they really that irritating citations hartmann t 2009 tiger moths and woolly bears behavior ecology and evolution of the arctiidae kuspis d a rawlins j e and krenzelok e p 2001 human exposures to stinging caterpillar lophocampa caryae exposures the american journal of emergency medicine 19 5 pp 396 398 link people will often comment on these stories with horror stories about how either they or someone they know touched one of the caterpillars and had a horrible reaction with some even saying they had to go to the er this is not the norm at all some people are for whatever biological reason hypo sensitive to the setae of this species they can experience pain and bad rashes yet the average person will not experience this let me give you an analogy some people are allergic to peanut butter but the vast majority of people aren t would you say peanut butter is poisonous dangerous to the average human no you wouldn t it is the same with the hickory tussock moth caterpillar a very small percentage of people will have a bad reaction to the setae of this species but the average person will either have no reaction or they might itch a bit to prove a point for science i pet this hickory tussock moth caterpillar and not just once i pet him several times and what happened pretty much nothing i had a few itchy sensations but nothing hurt and there was no rash or anything so much for being a scary and dangerous caterpillar is the hickory tussock moth a species to fear not at all these little guys are just another victim of social media getting animal facts incorrect it s especially sad to see news organizations like cbs which claimed this caterpillar wasn t native to the us and that is has venom glands perpetuating these incorrect facts thanks for reading posted by kyle brooks at 3 39 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels nature ohio photography parks caterpillars fact check insects lepidoptera moths older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me kyle brooks view my complete profile about this blog the natural world is filled with incredible and intriguing plants animals and places on the subject of nature aims to highlight such interesting subjects and talk about the science and the issues surrounding them this 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