2023 September 12 evening

Val George writes:  This morning, September 12, there were two Mouse Moths Amphipyra tragopoginis on the walls of my Oak Bay house.   Here is one of them.

Jeremy Tatum writes:  The three dots forming a narrow triangle identify the species.The caterpillar feeds on various low-growing plants, but is particularly fond of the pappus of Tragopogon.  “Tragopogon” means “Goat’s Beard”.

Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis  (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Val George