Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 942556

European Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba

Observation date: January 07, 2014
Submitted by: faithandrews
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found on an ice patch near grassy area of a dog park. Weather has been very cold (-22C) and suddenly turned mild the past day or so (+6C) leading to a lot of snow melt. Started to get cold again when found but still sunny and have patches of grass and ice (-7C). Still moving, doesn't seem like the ice did any damage.
Status: Resident
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: January 12, 2014
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Canada, Nova Scotia