Buck Moths Mating
by Jeffrey Lepore
Title
Buck Moths Mating
Artist
Jeffrey Lepore
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Barrens Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia) Pair mating. Male on right, female on left. This species flies in the fall and lays eggs in a ring on a twig of foodplant that overwinter. In the mid-atlantic and northeastern US this species is generally found in barrens habitats and on mountain ridges that are populated with Scrub Oak. This pair was photographed in October at the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens a Pennsylvania State Forest Natural Area.
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October 8th, 2018
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