Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1346515

Henry's Marsh Moth
Simyra insularis

Observation date: October 03, 2022
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: About 60+ degrees, getting sunny after a drizzly, chilly morning, a bit muddy, and the grass and other vegetation was still quite wet. The caterpillar was on the underside of an unidentified leaf at the verge of a marshy pond. Nearby were American lotus, cattails, poison ivy, smartweed, wingstem, button-bush, hawthorn, willow, maple, locust, various meadow grasses, seed corn.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: October 12, 2022
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Mason County