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Just finished reading a few new reports on a potential cause and suggestive treatment for Colony Collapse Disorder… quite interesting.

Some research is pointing to a microsporidian (fungi), Nosema ceranae as a potential cause or  at least some  implication in Colony Collapse ( Read more... )

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I heard this fluttering against our kitchen door and I spotted a beautiful male Luna Moth (Actias luna).

Here are some of my photos (click to enlarge):


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I saw this moth out on the porch and decided to photograph it.






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I found this moth today, or rather it found me.  It was very metallic looking, as though covered in gold or copper.  I am thinking it is in the Lophocampa family and is some type of Tussock moth, but I cannot find an exact match.


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I found this moth in my kitchen tonight, I’ve seen plenty of them around, but this one was perched in a good spot for me to photograph, which I did.


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I went out on the porch and noticed this rather large moth sticking at the base of my living room window.  I had my wife come out and take photos of it.  It is a large (3.5″) female Io moth (Automeris io) of the Saturniidae family of moths.


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Me and Elli went out for a walk tonight and noticed this glowing worm at the side of the road and decided to bring it home photograph it and see if we could identify it.

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If anyone knows what this worm is then please let me know
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