Observation date: September 11, 2014
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: grand view campground around 10pm dry clear sky warm evening, juniper, pinion pine, great basin sage brush lupine, paint brush and others blooming along road side especially a green shrub with yellow flowers. favorite of these moths.
Status: Resident
Verified by: BAMONA
Verified date: November 16, 2014
Coordinator notes: Grizzly bears congregate each summer on steep rocky slopes in Montana high country to search for Euxoa auxiliaris moths. One study of Glacier National Park grizzlies estimated that a bear could consume up to 40,000 moths a day, equal to an amazing 20,000 calories. So although small the moths pack a huge caloric punch.
Bob Martin
