Go up to the Stack Rock area to see these moths, which fly in the daytime. They might be elegant sheep moths. Identification is not solid. Credit to Keaton Taylor on Facebook.
Another unusual moth, that doesn’t look like a moth, posted in the Idaho Entomology group on Facebook. Credit: Terry Gray
This is a police-car moth (Gnophaela vermiculata), which was found in the Forest Service Northern Region which is northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and Montana; and the national grasslands in North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. #NationalMothWeek pic.twitter.com/pQrlOot7hb
— USDA Forest Service (@forestservice) July 25, 2019
It’s National Moth Week, a citizen science opportunity if you want to report what you see.
~Debbie