Our six-legged celebration continues! In this second part, the guys wrap up their behind-the-scenes tour of the Cornell University Insect Collection with Jason Dombroskie, collection manager and director of the insect diagnostic lab, and THEN, Jason provides the guys with some eye protection and takes them out into the woods for some nighttime mothing!
This episode was recorded on July 2-3, 2022 at the Cornell University Insect Collection in Comstock Hall at Cornell University and at Steege Hill Nature Preserve in Corning, NY.
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Photos/Videos by timestamp
1:23 The Katydid drawer
2:22 Caterpillars in ethanol
4:05 The serious freezer
5:55 The hive collection
7:03 Bullet Ants (Paraponera clavata).
9:08 Luna Moths (Actias luna)
45:00 The Malaysian Moon Moth (Actias maenas)
10:10 (Actias selene) the Indian Moon Moth or Indian Luna Moth
46:48 The Comet Moth or Madagascan Moon Moth (Argema mittrei)
16:52 LED light and sheet
29:42 A Green Lacewing (family Chrysopidae)
Drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, or sewer gnats (Psychodidae) Attribution © arnel some rights reserved / https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/59382064
33:14 A Drain Fly (Family Psychodidae)
35:03 - Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
35:57 (Tortricidia flexuosa) The Abbreviated Button Slug Moth
36:50 Large Yellow Underwing
37:41 Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americana)
39:01 Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma disstria)
Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)
Attribution: no changes made: (c) Matt Muir – some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) / https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3028143
39:48 Forest Tent Caterpillar detail - see the penguins?
40:19 The Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth (Macaria pustularia)
41:47 The Drab Condylolomia (Condylolomia participalis)
42:14 Cream-edged Dichomeris Moth (Dichomeris flavocostella) - one of the twirler moths in the family Gelechiidae
45:00 Cloaked Marvel (Chytonix palliatricula)
45:25 The Gray Panthea, aka Eastern Panthea (Panthea furcilla)
46:10 Orange-headed Epicallima Moth (Epicallima argenticinctella)
46:25 Scorpionfly - Order Mecoptera
47:05 - Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) - the adult stage of the Wooly Bear caterpillar
47:50 Unicorn Prominent (Coelodasys unicornis)
48:36 Large Lace-border Moth (Scopula limboundata)
50:13 Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)
50: 20 Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis)
51:42 Carrion Beetle, AKA Burying Beetle (Genus Nicrophorus)
53:10 Emerald (Genus Nemoria) – possibly the Red-fronted Emerald
53:36 Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)
54:19 Genus Datana
55:00 Jack Pine Budworm Moth (Choristoneura pinus)
55:55 Ichneumon or Princess Wasp (Genus Ichneumon)
59:08 Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth (Choristoneura rosaceana)
Unless otherwise noted, all photos were either taken by Steve Fleck and Bill Michalek or were taken from public domain photos on iNaturalist.org.