#yellow-collared scape moth

[greycatbird]

Great time creature-spotting this past weekend

[forestfeeling]

Hints of orange and black… moths are getting ready for spooky season!

[antimony-ore]

Yellow-Collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis

I've seen these guys twice now ✌️

[the-diary-of-vivienne]

[vandaliatraveler]

A yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) sips nectar from blue mistflower. Contrary to its name, this sleek moth actually has an orange collar. Note the delicately-serrated antennae. Photos taken this morning at Coopers Rock State Forest.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A pouty Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) from the UV light last June.

[thesingingbullfrog]

Scape Moth males feed on toxic plants and store the toxins. Later they “transfer” these toxins to the female as a mating gift. Then the females use the toxins to protect their eggs against predators.

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

Normally, I put new pics in the queue but I couldn’t do this one like that.  I had seen this moth in my butterfly garden but it flew away before I could get a pic.  It reminded me of a firefly but I knew it couldn’t have been one.  So I was surprised to go to Black Bayou today and see one in their butterfly garden.

Just like with the one at home, this one was hanging around the sunflowers.  I finally have an ID for it:  yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis).

Sorry for fangirling but it’s so awesome when I discover new things in my home state.  Now that I know its species, this is probably one of the woolly bears I see during the seasons.