Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS
Photos of Live
Lepidoptera:
Mesic-Hydric Hardwood
Forest Along the Santa Fe River near High Springs in Alachua County, Florida,
11 & 13 May 2016
Photos and Web
Page by Hugo L. Kons Jr.
Posted October
2016
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The following
photos were taken at night with a Cannon PowerShot SX50 camera in TV mode
(shutter speed priority) with the camera's flash, unless otherwise
indicated. Shutter speed, flash
intensity, distance to subject, and zoom varied among the photos. The photos were resized in ACDSee by setting
actual print size to 7.5 inches, but the photos are otherwise unedited.
These photos were taken during a
Lepidoptera biodiversity blitz conducted by Hugo Kons Jr. and Robert J. Borth
from 11-13 May 2016. All of these
species represented below are documented with voucher specimens in addition to
the photos. Far more species were
recorded from specimens during the bioblitz than were photographed; with the
photography we concentrated on moths on a bait trail (see Kons and Borth (2007)
for a description of bait trails).
Some of these species cannot be definitively identified from the below
photos but were identified after the specimens in the photos were
collected. This web page is not intended
as an identification source, rather, these photos are a compliment to the
voucher specimens and were primarily used to document feeding behavior at an
artificial food source. This web page
presents some of this documentation as well as examples of the capabilities of
this camera model for this type of photography.
Thanks to Bob Simons for permission
to conduct Lepidoptera surveys on his private property, and to Rex Rowan for
showing us the area and assisting with setting up survey equipment.
2018 Addendum: There were problems with the Renia photos appearing on some computers or browsers. Hopefully this is now fixed.
GEOMETRIDAE
Iridopsis
defectaria
11 MAY
Anavitrinella
pampinaria
11 MAY
Euchlaena
pectinaria
11 MAY
12 MAY
Thysanopyga
intractata
11 MAY
Prochoerodes
lineola
12 MAY
SPHINGIDAE
Manduca
rustica
11 MAY
LASIOCAMPIDAE
Artace
cibraria
12 MAY
NOCTUIDAE
Clemensia
albata
11 MAY
Idia
americalis
11 MAY
Idia
aemula
11 MAY
Idia
julia
11 MAY
Idia
lubricalis sp. 1
11 MAY
12 MAY
*Zanclognatha
minoralis complex species
1
11 MAY
*Zanclognatha
minoralis complex species
2
11 MAY
Renia
flavipunctalis
12 MAY
Renia
adspergillus
12 MAY
Renia
salusalis sp. 1
12 MAY
Tetanolita
floridana
12 MAY
Hypena
cacuminalis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Dyspyralis
new sp. 1
11 MAY
12 MAY
Shrankia
macula
11 MAY
Hypena
palparia
11 MAY
Hypena
baltimoralis
12 MAY
Pangrapta
decoralis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Scolecocampa
liburna
11 MAY
Metalectra
discalis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Metalectra
quadrisignata
11 MAY
Metalectra
albilinea
11 MAY
Metalectra
geminicincta
11 MAY
Metalectra
species (dead on tree trunk)
11 MAY
Plusiodonta
compressipalpis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Panopoda
rufimargo
11 MAY
Panopoda
carneicosta
11 MAY
Metallata
absumens
11 MAY
Celiptera
frustulum
11 MAY
12 MAY
Caenurgia
chloropha
11 MAY
Mocis
marcida
11 MAY
12 MAY
Epidromia
rotundata
11 MAY
12 MAY
Zale
lunata
11 MAY
12 MAY
Zale
galbanata
11 MAY
Zale
minerea
11 MAY
Zale
aeruginosa
11 MAY
12 MAY
Zale
horrida
11 MAY
12 MAY
Cutina
distincta
11 MAY
Cutina
aluticolor
11 MAY
Catocala
arcuata
11 MAY
Allotria
elonympha
11 MAY
Paralellia
bistriaris
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
insolabilis
12 MAY
Catocala
umbrosa
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
ilia
11 MAY
Catocala
andromedae
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
similis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
micronympha
[The out of focus
moth on the left is Spodoptera eridania]
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
connubialis
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
mira
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
orba
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
ultronia
11 MAY
12 MAY
Catocala
aestivalia
11 MAY
Catocala
lineella
11 MAY
Catocala
sp.
11 MAY
12 MAY
Paectes
abrostoloides
12 MAY
Meganola
phylla
11 MAY
Thioptera
nigrofimbria
11 MAY
12 MAY
Phosphila
miselioides
11 MAY
Condica
mobilis
11 MAY
Condica
sutor
11 MAY
12 MAY
Condica
vecors
11 MAY
Acronicta
betulae
12 MAY
Spodoptera
dolichos
11 MAY
Spodoptera
ornithogalli
11 MAY
Spodoptera
eridania
12 MAY
Elaphria
exesa
11 MAY
Agrotis
subterranea
11 MAY
PYRALIDAE
Paraponyx
obscuralis
11 MAY
Desmia
funeralis
11 MAY
Pantographa
limata
12 MAY
Arta
olivalis
12 MAY
MIXED MOTHS
D C B A
A:
Prochoerodes lineolata; B: Idia lubricalis sp. 1; C: Arta olivalis; D: Zale lunata (bottom, flying)
11 MAY
B A
A:
Idia lubricalis sp. 1 (left); B: Arta olivalis (right)
11 MAY
D C B A
A:
Metalectra discalis; B: Metalectra quadrisignata; C: Metalectra albilinea; D: Parallelia bistriaris (bottom, flying)
11 MAY
A B C
A:
Parallelia bistriaris; B: Catocala andromedae; C: Phosphila miselioides
11 MAY
B A
A:
Catocala andromedae; B: Phosphila miselioides
11 MAY
B C A
A:
Parallelia bistriaris; B: Catocala similis; C: Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae
11 MAY
B A
A:
Catocala mira; B: Catocala micronympha
11 MAY
B A
A:
Scolecocampa liburna; B: Metalectra discalis
11 MAY
C A B
A:
Catocala lineella; B: Euchlaena pectinaria; C: Metalectra discalis
11 MAY
C D B A
A:
Iridopsis defectaria; B: Zale lunata; C: Hypena cacuminalis; D: Iridopsis
defectaria
11 MAY
B C A
A:
Zale lunata; B: Hypena cacuminalis; C: Iridopsis
defectaria
11 MAY
A B
A:
Idia lubricalis sp. 1; B: Parallelia bistriaris
12 MAY
These
predatators would position themselves next to bait and ambush moths that came
to feed on the bait.
