Observation date: September 22, 2012
Submitted by: CA Ivy
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Mid day. Sunny breezy. Creek bank vegetation. Moth was competing with skippers for flower nectar.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: March 30, 2013
Coordinator notes: difficult id because of bad lighting and blurrines of photo, but subject appears oto be correctly identified as Corn earworm moth, Helicoverpa zeas, based on photos on the Moth Photography Group web site http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=11068
