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📍 Location: Nags Head, North Carolina 🗓 Date: May 19, 2025 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Delicate Cycnia Moth (Cycnia tenera) 📝 Notes: Small, pale moth commonly found in meadows, old fields, wetlands, and woodland edges across eastern North America. Adults are soft white to cream-colored with subtle dark markings and a delicate, almost translucent appearance in flight.

Larvae feed primarily on dogbane and related plants, sometimes incorporating plant toxins as chemical defense. Adults are nocturnal and frequently attracted to lights during warm months.

Humble Magpie Moth Caterpillar

Specimen - Nyctemera baulus

Foodplant - Emilia