Observation date: May 08, 2020
Date notes: On an iris, in a suburban garden in Colorado Springs, along the Front Range Mountains of Colorado.
Submitted by: LinneaM2
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: A_baldini
Verified date: June 01, 2020
Coordinator notes: This is the Alfalfa Webworm moth, Loxostege cereralis. They had a brief but enormous population explosion in mid-May, at least in my area (Ft. Collins). Their numbers have since gone down significantly. Anyway, thanks for submitting your sighting!
