Shy Cosmet? First in BC Delta, British Columbia, Canada August 19, 2008 Size: about 1 cm.
I found the larvae of this moth in a cattail head in April of this year, and contained the heads and fluff in 3 separate locations. Last week, I examined the containers, and found 4 of these moths, 2 alive, the other 2 dead.
I think they may be Shy Cosmet. If so, they have not been documented before in BC, as far as I can find out.
I have two blog posts describing the circumstances, http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2008/08/pure-gold.html with the moths, and http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2008/04/blanket-on-stick.html with the larvae.
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Contributed by SusannahA on 25 August, 2008 - 2:55am Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 11:43pm |