Here are some of the bugs attracted by the moth lights earlier this week.

ID help most welcome!

Crane Fly?

Not sure what is going on here, or if I really want to know... :- )

My latest column for The Record is on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's downloadable “Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Master Set for North America,” a landmark compilation of 4,938  bird sounds collected over the past nine decades across the continent.

It's pretty cool.

The link is here.

Here is an assortment of moths photographed at 11 p.m on Sunday in my backyard on a wonderful linen sheet donated by Gaby Schmitt.  (Thanks, Gaby!)

I now have a Mercury Vapor Light and a Blacklight from BioQuip, plus a Halogen light and a CFL blacklight. Different types of bugs seem attracted to different types of light.

Some of the moths I have seen from previous years (including the one above -- Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth??) and have in my little moth folder, which I brought to work for some inexplicable reason. The one below I found to be almost butterfly-like.  Almost all are tiny guys....  

Bugs posted tomorrow!

Common Spring Moth?

Zabulon Skipper looks mighty good to us!

Thanks, guys.  

Are you ready for some moths?

  Had a nice batch the other night -- still hit or miss...

Alice Leurck photographed this skipper at the Celery Farm's awesome butterfly garden.

What is it? (I know, tough to ID from one photo.) (Thanks, Alice!)