Took another train today.
Grand Canyon Railway
Destination South Rim

Monument Valley.
The Mittens &Merrick Butte.
No moths found. Sorry.

Sleeper carriage from Chicago. Illinois to Grand Junction. Colorado on California Zyphyr. Not the most comfortable way to travel 1311miles but what scenery!

Grant Park, Chicago.
Looks pretty much like a Clouded Yellow to me ?
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Architecture cruise on the Chicago River this morning. Some pretty cool buildings

Might this be an Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly spotted this morning in Washington DC ?
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52/21 4NFY
Mythimna vitellina. Delicate.
Apamea monoglypha. Dark Arches.
Deilephilia elpenor. Elephant Hawk-moth.
Pasiphila rectangulata. Green Pug.
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Apamea lithoxylaea. Light Arches.
From Thursday night’s trap as I couldn’t trap last night as away for a wedding. Portable trapping not possible.
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44/23 5NFY
Elophila nymphaeata. Brown China-mark
Apamea lithoxylaea. Light Arches
Diarsia rubi. Small Square-spot
Homoeosoma sinuella
Celypha striana
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66/25 2NFY
Agrotis clavis. Heart & Club
Idaea subsericeata. Satin Wave.
A single Poplar Hawk-moth in the mix.
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40/19 2NFY 1NFG
Noctua comes. Lesser Yellow Underwing
Athetis hospes. Porter’s Rustic
Heavy rain and SSW winds brought in a “rather drab but unmistakable species”
Poured off the water from the traps this morning to find this immigrant.
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I’m hoping that this one might be Porter’s Rustic? What’s your opinion Sean?
UK Moth Identification

So it’s pretty windy and quite wet but it’s May so traps are out!
Anyone joining the quest tonight?
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Metalampra italica
Nice looking micro
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47/19 3NFY
Idaea trigeminata. Treble Brown Spot.
Noctua pronuba. Large Yellow Underwing
Metalampra italica
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Hi Sean
Would this possibly be Metalampra italica? Many thanks. UK Moth Identification

68/23 3NFY
Agonopterix arenella.
Peppered Moth
Tortrix viridana.
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