2023 November 6

   Aziza Cooper writes:  Here is a photo taken by Claire Ebendinger “a few days ago” in an old mine shaft at Jocelyn Hill. She also saw a bat in the cave.

Jeremy Tatum writes:  An interesting picture!   These are American Tissue Moths Triphosa haesitata.  They are reputed to overwinter in large gregarious masses in the interiors of caves and mines where the temperature is fairly constant without large and rapid variations.  It is good to see that these moths are living up to their reputation in this Jocelyn Hill mine.

American Tissue Moths Triphosa haesitata  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Claire Ebendinger