Saturday, June 06, 2009

I finally got around to identifying that interesting flying thing I saw a while back:





It's an Eight-Spotted Forester Moth, Alypia octomaculata. As a caterpillar it eats grape leaves and Virginia creeper, both of which we have handy around Beechwood.

2 comments:

Little Dickens Designs said...

Beautiful moth!

Marnie said...

Yes, isn't it? Thanks for stopping by!