Diminutive Wave Moth (Idaea scintillularia)

At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat.

This beauty was so difficult to photograph!

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Christine Young

Lion

That is beautiful! Why was it hard to shoot? Because of the shimmer? Posted 7 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Yes! The shimmer made most of my photos look extremely blurry! :D Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    I struggle with shimmer too. And, wetness/stickiness on mushrooms. It's so hard to avoid the blur. This shot is lovely though!
    
    I haven't seen many moths the last few nights. Hopefully the rain will bring some in tonight. Last night, I was trying to shoot an armyworm moth, which are so annoying erratic. It flew down my shirt, and as I was frantically trying to liberate it, it flew out and into my mouth. It took me a bit to recover from that! Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      I know how that is!! Thanks so much! I was worried that I didn't capture enough of its glory! :D
      
      The moths here are not very active either. We have hit a slightly dry spell (only a small amount of rain last week), and I'm hoping for more storms (for both mushies and moths)! Posted 7 years ago

The Diminutive Wave Moth

"Idaea scintillularia", the diminutive wave, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for "Idaea scintillularia" is 7105.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling