Moth Monday After Dark: Diamondback Moth

Before I left Irvine, I was starting to get in the habit of walking around Mason Park after dark, something I’d be a little more nervous about doing in Prospect Park, especially with a couple of thousand dollars worth of camera equipment around my neck. However the few lights in the park really did attract some beautiful insects you’d be hard-pressed to find in the daytime including this Diamondback Moth I found on my very last nightly foray:

Plutella xylostella, Hodges #2366
William R. Mason Regional Park
2009-08-26

• BugGuide
• Moth Photographers Group
• University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• University of Technology, Sydney

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