Moths – Fishers Island Conservancy

Moths of Fishers Island

Yellow-shouldered slug moth
Cecropia moth caterpillar
Cecropia moth
Wavy-lined heterocampa
The Beggar
Eastern tent caterpillar
Skiff moth
Primrose moth
Small-eyed sphinx
Rose hooktip
Hag moth
Green Leuconycta
Greater grapevine looper
Forest tent caterpillar
Alianthus webworm
Green Marvel
Azalea sphinx
Azalea sphinx
Pandorus sphinx
Luna moth
Io moth

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Moths pollinate plants, and as caterpillars, they provide a significant food source for wildlife. Since many moths eat only one or two kinds of native plants, identifying moths indicates the range and strength of Fishers Island’s contribution to the food web.

Doug Tallamy, professor of entomology at the University of Delaware, and his PhD candidate, Adam Mitchell, trapped moths on Fishers Island between 2014 and 2017. Their images reveal the diverse and unexpected beauty of moths.

To learn more about each moth, click on the images below:

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/American-Dagger-Moth.jpg 780 1040 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-25 15:34:232019-03-27 17:10:33American Dagger Moth

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Angulose-prominent-.jpg 791 1040 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-20 17:47:082018-08-06 17:58:55Angulose Prominent Moth

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Banded-tussock-caterpillar.jpg 1366 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-15 16:19:242018-09-04 17:26:37Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Banded-Tussock-Moth.jpg 1047 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-10 17:28:132018-09-04 17:35:39Banded Tussock Moth

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Black-dotted-ruddy.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-05 13:37:202018-09-08 14:07:42Black-dotted Ruddy

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Black-zale-.jpg 1366 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-08-01 13:42:432018-09-08 13:46:45Black Zale

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Blue-Dasher.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-25 13:53:472018-09-08 14:10:21Blue Dasher

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Common-Spring-moth.jpg 1366 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-20 14:02:122018-09-08 14:11:10Common Spring Moth

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Curve-tooth-geometer-moth-Lucinda-Herrick.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-15 14:14:022018-09-08 14:27:50Curve-toothed Geometer

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Danaus-plexippus-and-Aphis-nerrimonarch.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-10 14:29:522018-09-08 14:34:14Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar and Aphids

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Delicate-cycnia.jpg 1150 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-05 14:34:192018-09-08 14:43:50Delicate Cycnia

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Eastern-Tent-caterpillar.jpg 1366 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-07-01 15:16:572018-09-08 15:20:20Eastern Tent Caterpillar

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Eastern-Tent-caterpillar-nest.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-06-25 15:12:502018-09-08 15:16:43Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Nest

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Eyed-paectes.jpg 598 802 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-06-20 15:32:122018-09-08 15:32:34Eyed Paectes

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Giant-Leopard-Moth.jpg 1366 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-06-10 14:58:102018-09-08 14:59:09Giant Leopard Moth

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Grapeleaf-skeletonizer.jpg 1155 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-06-05 15:02:202018-09-08 15:04:45Grapeleaf Skeletonizer

https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Gray-edged-hypena.jpg 768 1024 Betty Ann Rubinow https://www.ficonservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fi-Conservancy-logo350x100.jpg Betty Ann Rubinow2016-06-01 15:06:132018-09-08 15:08:05Gray-edged Hypena

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Moths of Fishers Island

Yellow-shouldered slug moth

Cecropia moth caterpillar

Cecropia moth

Wavy-lined heterocampa

The Beggar

Eastern tent caterpillar

Skiff moth

Primrose moth

Small-eyed sphinx

Rose hooktip

Hag moth

Green Leuconycta

Greater grapevine looper

Forest tent caterpillar

Alianthus webworm

Green Marvel

Azalea sphinx

Azalea sphinx

Pandorus sphinx

Luna moth

Io moth

Moths pollinate plants, and as caterpillars, they provide a significant food source for wildlife. Since many moths eat only one or two kinds of native plants, identifying moths indicates the range and strength of Fishers Island’s contribution to the food web.

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