Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Carmenta » Carmenta armasata - Hodges#2594.1 (Carmenta armasata)
Photo#704516
clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female
Copyright © 2012 Valerie G. Bugh

clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - Female
Austin, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 15, 2008
This moth spent a long time ovipositing in various locations on a Texas lantana plant. It sometimes flew away but then returned a few minutes later and resumed its previous activity. It favored the nodes where the current year's leaves had appeared. I'll include several shots of the various locations on the plant that the moth chose to use.

Images of this individual: tag all
clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 16 September, 2012 - 2:31pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact