Horned Spanworm, Besma moths, Eulithis moths, and Curve-lined Looper
Another Horned Spanworm moth. Some individuals have much darker shading than others.
Curve-lined Looper moth. This individual was photographed at Hocking Hills, but these moths are very common at my home lights as well. I find them in April and May.
This moth might be a Straw Besma, but these are tough to identify. Straw Besmas can look very similar to the paler, lightly-marked form of the Oak Besma.
This moth is one of two species: the Greater or Lesser Grapevine Looper (Eulithis sp.). These two species cannot be distinguished from photographs. I find them in good numbers at my lights from June through September, with stragglers to early October. These moths rest with their abdomens curved upward.
Horned Spanworm. These moths visit my lights in June, July, and early August.
Another Oak Besma, photographed at Hocking Hills. These moths are highly variable and some individuals have much darker patterns than others.
Oak Besma moth, photographed at Spring Lakes Park in Bellbrook. I have found several individuals in May and July.
