various small white moths
Another Elm Spanworm moth. I find several individuals at my lights in June and early July.
White Spring Moth. This species has thin, translucent wings and smoothly rounded hindwings.
The Virgin Moth. It has a brown border and tiny brown dots (unlike the other three species above, which are always pristine white). I have found a few Virgin Moths at my lights from May through August.
Another Snowy Geometer, with sharply pointed hindwings. I have found a couple of these moths at my lights in June.
This is a Snowy Geometer Moth. It is larger on average than the White Spring Moth (but not as large as the Elm Spanworm). Also, notice that the hindwings on this Snowy Geometer end in a single point.
Four-lined Cream Moth (aka Four-lined Cabera). It has four very faint brown lines on the wings. (Not to be confused with its relative, the Yellow-dusted Cream Moth, which has only three lines.) I have found a couple of Four-lined Cream Moths in late May/ early June.
Elm Spanworm Moth. This species often gets confused with the White Spring Moth above, but male Elm Spanworms have large feathery antennae, and the bottom edge of their hindwings is scalloped or jagged (not smoothly round).
Another Virgin Moth. This individual has a double brown line. These moths are variable, and in some individuals the brown lines are so faint as to be nearly non-existent.
Here is a Virgin Moth with no brown lines, but there is still some faint brown speckling on the upper wings. Photographed at Spring Lakes Park in Bellbrook.
White Spring Moths are very common at my lights. The name is a misnomer; they fly in the summer months as well as in spring. I find them every month from April through August.
