Black Witch Moth -
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Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Compilation of Historical Early Northern U.S. & Canada Records
Early Black Witch Records for 2006
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(fresh male)
18 miles from Johnson City , Stanton
Co., Kansas
July 21, 2006
(Cheryl Hale
)
We found this
moth today on the side of our house.
Good condition
very good flyer
77 degrees and humid today slightly overcast
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(slightly worn female)
Valley
City, Barnes Co., North Dakota
July 17, 2006 (Alice Beauchman)
I took a few pictures of this huge moth in my neighbor's yard. I took the digital photos on July 17th, 2006 in Valley City, North Dakota. It was late afternoon and a fairly warm day - low 90's. My neighbor lives in town and has a small wood pile - when he was moving logs, this moth flew out and landed on his fence. The neighbor knows I like nature and have a good camera so he called me over. I did about 5 pictures, then when we tried to lay a dollar bill beside it for scale, it flew off. It was about the same size as a dollar bill - just a little shorter.
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(somewhat worn female on garage wall)
2 miles west of Manitou,
Manitoba, Canada
July 15, 2006 (Carol Bannister)
Compilation of Early Northern Black Witch Moth Records
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State/Prov. |
County (map) |
City (sat. image) |
Date |
Notes |
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U.S. | New York | Mastic, Long Is. | 12 April 2009 | Almost surely human assisted (fresh specimen) | |
| U.S. | Ohio | Jackson Co. | Jackson | 19 May 1937 | Almost surely human assisted |
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| U.S. | Michigan | Midland Co. | 04 June 1947 | Albert J. Cook ARC, MSU | |
| U.S. | South Dakota | Brookings Co. | Brookings | early June 1960 | |
| CAN | Ontario | Essex Co. | Point Pelee NP | 15-24 June 1994 | |
| U.S. | Wisconsin | St. Croix Co. | Hudson | 16-17 June 2005 | Photos (Seen by MAQ) |
| U.S. | Minnesota | Hennepin Co. | St. Anthony | 18 June 2005 | |
| U.S. | South Dakota | Brookings Co. | Brookings | 20 June 1919 | |
| U.S. | Michigan | Livingston Co. | Brighton | 22 June 2005 | Photo, slightly worn female (seen by MAQ) |
| CAN | Alberta | Black Diamond | 30 June 2005 | Photo (Seen by MAQ) | |
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| U.S. | South Dakota | Custer Co. | Wind Cave NP | 02 July 2001 | male @ baited butterfly trap, leg. G.M. Marrone |
| U.S. | North Dakota | Cass Co. | Fargo | 02 July 2005 | male, "condition: fair to good" |
| U.S. | Wisconsin | Brown Co. | Green Bay | 01 July 1985 | Specimen at Univ. of Wisconsin |
| U.S. | Oregon | Deschutes Co. | nr Sisters | 01 July 2004 | Male, good condition, photos, elev. 3200 feet |
| U.S. | Oregon | Grant Co. | Prairie City | 07 July 1912 | Female specimen, Cleveland Museum of N. H. |
| U.S. | Montana | Flathead Co | Bigfork | 08 July 2004 | "a little beat up", previous southerly winds 10-15 w/ gusts to 20 mph; temp: 40's at night 70's day. |
| CAN | Newfoundland | s. of Corner Brook | 14 July 1929 | Canadian National Collection (CNC) | |
| CAN | Ontario | Norfolk Co. | nr. Port Rowan | 14 July 2004 | Female, quite worn, photo (seen by MAQ) |
| CAN | Manitoba | 2 mi. w. Manitou | 15 July 2006 | somewhat worn female, photo (seen by MAQ) | |
| U.S. | Wisconsin | Sauk Co. | Baraboo, DLSP | 16 July 2005 | rather worn male, photo (seen by MAQ) |
| CAN | Saskatchewan | Saskatoon | 16 July 1945 | ||
| U.S. | North Dakota | Barnes Co. | Valley City | 17 July 2006 | slightly worn female, photo (seen by MAQ) |
| CAN | Ontario | Essex Co. | Point Pelee NP | 18 July 1994 | |
| CAN | Alberta | Olds | 18 July 2002 | collected at mercury vapor lights | |
| CAN | Manitoba | Beulah | 19 July 1904 | Canadian National Collection (CNC) | |
| CAN | Ontario | Essex Co. | Point Pelee NP | 20 July 2001 | |
| CAN | Ontario | nr. Port Rowan | 21 July 2005 | at lights | |
| CAN | Québec | Mont St Hilaire | 22 July 2003 | ||
| CAN | British Columbia | Vancouver | 22 July 2004 | Photos, video | |
| CAN | Ontario | Essex Co. | Wheatley | 25 July 2001 | |
| CAN | Alberta | Bentley | 31 July 1941 | Univ. Alberta Strickland Museum | |
There are over 30 historical BWM records for Canada
and even one for Alaska!
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discussion
Request for Help
Please report new BWM county records to entomike@gmail.com
Please include date, location (distance to nearest town) & county of record.
Also please include sex, condition of moth & prevailing weather
conditions.
If you find a new county record, please send a low resolution photo
if possible.
Thanks, Mike
25 Jul 2007 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology