WM Season has started

[Cheryl Adams]

here in W. Bridgewater.

 

It's likely very first WM moths occurred several days ago,  but last PM I finally took time to go out back, after a receiving a note from Jeff Boettner that he had set out sticky band traps here earlier, and discovered that there were indeed a small but noticeable number of both males and females present. From the tiny wing 'buds' present on the females, WM is a reliable id from closely related Bruce Spanworm which lacks these, and will also be present here. Field mark differences of males are tiny and not always reliable.

 

Don Adams