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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.
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A pouty Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) from the UV light last June.
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.
Yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis), Newark DE, July 2018.
This tiger moth is a common sight throughout the Mid-Atlantic, in gardens, fields, and roadsides where wildflowers grow in abundance. Caterpillars are seldom seen, feeding on grasses during the night and hiding near the crowns of the plants during the day.The adults, in contrast, are common visitors to wildflowers during the day and can be lured to lights at night. Their coloration of yellow and black has led some entomologists to hypothesize that the yellow-collared scape moth is a mimic of wasps, tricking birds and other predators from seeking them as a meal. Others hypothesize that the moths store harmful alkaloids in their body, obtained by feeding on the flowers of toxic plants like eupatoriums and milkweeds. Also by the picture above, the moths aren’t too picky.
At least two generations a year, with caterpillars common from early summer into fall. Insects overwinter as pupae in the soil.
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Grass noms
(yellow-collared scape moth caterpillar, Cisseps fulvicollis)
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yellow-collared scape moth in brampton, canada
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Found this cool Yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) on my extension cord as I was turning off the moth light. Bugguide.net notes a better common name for this species would be “Orange-collared scape moth” since the collar is almost always orange, as it is here.
