Hi Karen and Peter,
I would recommend posting any unknown moth pics (and any unknown insect pics in general) to Bugguide. That's where I post all of my unknown moths. There are lots of insect experts on there that will do their best to identify your pictures.
Peter, regarding the moth pics you posted:
- this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9570789168/in/photostream/) appears to be a Buff-tipped Phaneta (http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2929
-this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9567991393/in/photostream/) is an Olethreutes, but they can be hard to id http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/slow.php?plate=08.0&page=2&sort=h
-this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9567988463/in/photostream/) looks like Master's Dart (http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10676)
Hope this helps,
Kyle Kittelberger
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From: Karen A. Kluge <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:37 PM
Subject: [UVB] mystery moths and iNaturalist
Hi Peter --
I don't know what your moths are either, but I wanted to make you (and other UVB subscribers) aware of a great place to post mystery moths (and other wild things, identified or not) -- www.iNaturalist.org. People all around the world are posting pictures of things natural they have encountered, and if you ask for ID help, you are likely to get a response -- often from an expert in the field. There is a special "project" within iNaturalist for sightings from Vermont -- it has been dubbed the "Vermont Atlas of Life" and I happen to know that a number of people are posting pictures of and discussing moth ID there. It's easy to get an account, and you can upload pics from a computer or using a smart phone (or iPad) app as well.
Check it out! But I should warn you that it can be addictive -- my husband now spends all his time taking pictures and posting them to iNaturalist...
Karen
On Aug 22, 2013, at 12:21 PM, "Peter LaBelle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At Union Village on the 18th, two Solitary Sandpipers, and a porcupine. The porcupine was in a tree right by the road, completely stationary, looking almost dead. It showed no sign of noticing us, and we got quite close.
> Yesterday, I walked down to the pond on the Mystery Trail, and scared up an American Bittern!
>
> Monarch along cambell flats yesterday around noon, only one I've seen in VT this year.
>
> Last night we turned on the lights and attracted a lot of moths, some I can't ID are below, If anyone knows their moths help would be appreciated.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9567981935/in/photostream/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9567988463/in/photostream/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9567991393/in/photostream/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/68961563@N02/9570789168/in/photostream/
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