Observation date: January 26, 2015
Submitted by: deanna06
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: My son found this moth inside our house today. It is approx. 20 degrees outside so I put it in a container with branches and a capful of water. Any suggestions for helping it would be appreciated.
Status: Nonresident
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: March 16, 2015
Coordinator notes: Not a moth, a butterfly. Almost certainly a caterpillar crawled into the house last fall and made a chrysalis. Was it near a sunroom, or something similar? The butterfly must have emerged on a sunny day when the temperature was a bit higher than previously. RAL