Posted by Vincent Lucas on December 26, 2001 at 17:55:50:
In Reply to: Mystery butterfly on 12/22 CBC posted by Michelle Davis on December 26, 2001 at 16:13:27:
Michelle Davis said:
: I just looked up the gorgeous butterfly that we saw at Navy Wells on Saturday-it is really a moth; Composia fidelissima, the Faithful Beauty.
: Michelle
Hi Michele:
"Faithful Beauty" is a made-up English name, which was coined by my friend Dr. Charlie Covell, Jr. -- author of the Peterson (series) "A Field Guide to the Moths of Eastern North America." It is a beautiful creature nonetheless and can be fairly common in south Florida, especially around oleander -- one of it's larval foodplants.
Good lepping!
Vince Lucas
Naples