What a way to start! These are amazing. I've never, ever gotten a good shot of one of these guys. It's hard to choose among them, but I guess my favorite is the first one, in which the wings are spread wide and the flowers (verbena?) show through.

Susan - Yes and yes!! Do you know what kind they like? I have a Lonicera heckrottii (Goldflame) Honeysuckle and an Arrowwood Viburnum that currently the aphids are using as a host plant. :P I think you posted a Clearwing cat earlier - maybe I'll do a search, for future reference, just in case they find my plants. :) Sandy

bandjzmom, that book is where I found it. But wasn't sure. I checked BugGuide and these look like many of those pics. I haven't found any big late instar cats yet or any itty-bitties, but various sizes in between. There's a bunch of them, don't know how many yet. I did a quick check a while back when I first noticed the damage on the plant, but didn't find anything. With skeeters all over, it was too hard to stand out there and really check better then. Yay! Haven't had these cats before!

Susan--ya'll know how dumb I am about gardening...but I am probably even more so on bugs...er ah insects. Let me get this straight okay? Are you saying you kept the moth babies in your fridge during winter? That blows my mind! I just don't get it at all. And I actually studied biology...made good grades too. But that was a VERY LONG time ago.....haha. But I am quite impressed with all the documentation work you have done with the moths. I knew you seemed serious about the butterflies and moths but I had no idea how much so. You really do garden just to feed them don't you? Congrats! Wow! G.M.