Random crap with Uno.

[Unorthodox]

So....


second year in a row.  WHAT is liking to pupate on the bridge of death?



Moth, obvious, but WHAT?

[Buster's Uncle]

It doesn't hurt it to be exposed?

[Unorthodox]

Probably.  Happened when we dug out the bridge for repair today. 

[Unorthodox]

Unidentified butterfly from last year?  wouldn't open wings so hard to ID.



unaware of butterflies making such cocoons, but maybe a moth that looks butterfly?  ie a silkmoth of some sort?  ( not supposed to be in Utah, but we've heard that before)

[Unorthodox]

Never mind, that's a hoary comma, not the cocoon culprit. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Hey - I saved the rounded 3/4 view EOL I made today for the .gif before I closed the file.

[Unorthodox]

Love this. 

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[Buster's Uncle]

It's well-crafted - and I didn't see either of the payoffs coming.

[Unorthodox]

The lepidoptera database has NOTHING remotely close to that cocoon for my area.   

[Unorthodox]

The Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project is ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for the continent of North America from Panama to Canada. The project is hosted by the Butterfly and Moth Information Network and is directed by Kelly Lotts and Thomas Naberhaus. Our goal is to fill the needs of scientists and nature observers by bringing verified occurrence and life history data into one accessible location.

BAMONA is a rich data source that grows daily. Citizen scientists of all ages and experience levels participate by taking photographs of butterflies and moths and then submitting their observations. Additional BAMONA data come from museum and personal collections, published literature, and professional lepidopterists. Quality control is provided by collaborating lepidopterists who serve as regional coordinators. Standardized data and metadata are stored in a database and accessible through the web site via checklists, species profiles, maps displaying point data, and other tools.
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Eh, why not?  They supposedly have a Utah Moth expert already, see if they can identify.  Maybe they just don't have pics of the pupa yet for their ID database. 

[Unorthodox]

Oh, it's going to be a migraine day.   

[Buster's Uncle]

Environmental work stress, or actually woke up wrong?

[Unorthodox]

I've been waking up wrong all week.  Something in the air is just totally ignoring my allergy medicines and I wake at about 2 AM unable to breath.  Migraine today might be related. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Do you get the yellow glare?  I hate the world turning too bright, and yellowish.

[Unorthodox]

Never had yellow...just the light stabs me behind the eyes.