Fw: [cobirds] Bug question

Sent this to Bryan Guarente.  Meant for Ira and everybody else, too.

Dave

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From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleatherman@msn.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 7:25 AM
To: Bryan Guarente <bryan.guarente@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Bug question

 

Ira,

I think your moth is the Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica).  Moths in this family (Ctenuchidae) are wasp mimics.  Sometimes in Nature it pays to look like an hombre.  I don't have any knowledge of birds eating this moth but they probably do.  Since kingbirds eat a high percentage of look-alike wasps, that might be a candidate predator.  Caterpillar of this species feed on lower plants, including grass.  Not uncommon in our area.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

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From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <cobirds@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Bryan Guarente <bryan.guarente@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2021 8:19 PM
To: Ira Sanders <zroadrunner14@gmail.com>
Cc: cobirds <cobirds@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Bug question

 

Ira,

To not take this too far outside of the realm of birds for too long, this looks like a moth i. The genus Harrisina. You can see some more info here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126906-Harrisina?locale=en-US

I suggest you grab the app called iNaturalist. With this you can insert your photos and it will suggest what it believes the photo is of. It works surprisingly well for everything from trees/plants to birds to herps to insects and fungi. 

Bryan

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 7:51 PM Ira Sanders <zroadrunner14@gmail.com> wrote:

Birders

Attached is a photo of a flying bug. It's black with a little orange.  

 I realize it's not a bird question but we have delved into bugs before like black witches so I thought I would give this a shot.

 Does anyone know what it is?

Ira Sanders 

Golden 

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