Although I doubt it would make for a suitable Substack name, I've always thought that Bursa Copulatrix would be a great name for a heavy metal band. So I hereby reserve it should I ever form one. (My second choice would be Scoliopteryx libatrix.)
Ha! That would be a terrific name for a heavy metal band. There are some great combos in both the common and scientific names for moths. I’m trying to think of a scientific name that’s caught my imagination, but all I can come up with just now is Tyrannus tyrannus - the Eastern Kingbird.
Love these, Sue! What wild colouration on that Joker, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one so pale. They’re definitely an early group, just looking at iNat now it appears nearly all my records seem to be before mid-May, though Comstock’s Sallow seems to still fly through the end of May. It was such a chilly April here, though, I did very little early mothing this year. Perhaps you’ll see a few more the next couple weeks!
Although I doubt it would make for a suitable Substack name, I've always thought that Bursa Copulatrix would be a great name for a heavy metal band. So I hereby reserve it should I ever form one. (My second choice would be Scoliopteryx libatrix.)
Ha! That would be a terrific name for a heavy metal band. There are some great combos in both the common and scientific names for moths. I’m trying to think of a scientific name that’s caught my imagination, but all I can come up with just now is Tyrannus tyrannus - the Eastern Kingbird.
Seabrooke, thank you for this well-timed post! I put up my moth sheet earlier than the past couple of years (15 May) and was rewarded with my first Feralia comstocki and jocosa for Ontario: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/362315983 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/362316022. Beautiful moths.
Love these, Sue! What wild colouration on that Joker, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one so pale. They’re definitely an early group, just looking at iNat now it appears nearly all my records seem to be before mid-May, though Comstock’s Sallow seems to still fly through the end of May. It was such a chilly April here, though, I did very little early mothing this year. Perhaps you’ll see a few more the next couple weeks!