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   The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes   
   and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and   
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   captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The   
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    White Underwing Moth   
      
      January 17, 2023   
      
       DaleH_underwing_image0 (02A)   
      
      Photographer:  Dale Hugo   
      Summary Author:  Dale Hugo   
      
      This attractive and well camouflaged moth was photographed at   
       Gooseberry State Park in Minnesota. It was on a lamp post at the   
      park’s interpretive center. At first glance I thought it was a mark or   
      flaw on the post, but upon closer inspection I realized it was a moth.   
      It’s a  white underwing moth (Catocala relicta), and apparently,   
      they’re common from Arizona through the Mid-West and up into the   
      Canadian prairie provinces.   
      
      It seems that these  large moths, with a wingspan of 3 inches or so   
      (7-8 cm), signal the end of summer as surely as the leaves first change   
      color or the geese flock overhead. On warm September nights, you often   
      see them flying around streetlights, or bright billboards. During   
      daylight they are hard to find because they rest, motionless, on the   
      trunks of trees, the sides of buildings or on light standards, such as   
      above. Photo taken on September 26, 2022.   
      
      
      Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota Coordinates: 47.1456, -91.4654   
      
      
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