Green Lacewing adults are minor pollinators, feeding on nectar from flower to flower. The larvae, known as aphid lions, are a natural pest control, consuming many different kinds of harmful bugs like aphids.
They look so delicate. Almost transparent.
I think it’s a kind of Snout moth.
I’m going to take a shot at the species. Gonocausta sabinalis. It’s only in South Texas and Florida. Those long features at the front are not the moth’s antennae. Those are mouth parts for feeling, tasting, and smelling.
That kind of Geometer Moth I sent out yesterday is known as a Speckled Wave.
This one is known as a bird dropping moth.
Unless I’m overthinking it and it’s really what it looks like.
I didn’t identify the species, but I got the Longhorn Beetle part right. I’ll give myself a B+.
Today’s bug.
A Geometer Moth.
Geometer moths are the parents of inchworms, measuring their way around the world. I won’t attempt the species; I’m led to believe there are 1,400 in North America alone.
Bug guy says the cream-colored moth I identified as a webworm moth is actually a citrus gem. The other ones, the brown ones are some type of Tiger Moth. Well, a Lichen Moth is a kind of Tiger Moth, so I’m maybe kinda right. I’d give myself, and AI, maybe a D- on this effort.
I’ll try again. Here is a Longhorn Beetle.
