Moths (Geometridae)
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Large lace-border                                              Scopula limboundata
Columbia
Howard County, Maryland
August 19, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Geometrid Moth                                                   Nepytia sp.
Assateague Island National Seashore
Worcester County, Maryland
July 18, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Large Purplish Gray                                           Iridopsis (=Anacamptodies) vellivolata
Assateague Island National Seashore
Worcester County, Maryland
July 18, 2006
Photographer:  Richard Orr
The Beggar                                                           Eubaphe mendica
Princess Anne environs
Somerset County, Maryland
August 24, 2008
Photographer:  Lance Biechele
Camouflage Looper Caterpillar                      Synchlora aerata
Lake Elkhorn environs
Howard County, Maryland
September 4, 2010
Photographer:  Bonnie Ott
Curve-toothed Geometer                                  Eutrapela clemataria
Patapsco Valley State Park
Howard County, Maryland
April 23, 2011
Photographer:  Bonnie Ott
Tulip-tree Beauty                                                 Epimecis hortaria
Columbia Environs
Howard County, Maryland
April 24, 2011
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Large lace-border (form enucleata)              Scopula limboundata
Potomac River
Washington County, Maryland
June 14, 2011
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Deep Yellow Euchlaena                                    Euchlaena amoenaria
Montgomery Run Environs
Howard County, Maryland
September 2, 2011
Photographer:  Nancy Magnusson
Chickweed Geometer                                        Haematopis grataria
Lake Elkhorn Environs
Howard County, Maryland
September 3, 2011
Photographer:  Bonnie Ott
Crocus Geometer                                               Xanthotype sospeta
Sideling Hill Creek
Allegany County, Maryland
May 27, 2012
Photographer:  R. Orr
Rare Spring Moth                                                Heliomata infulata
Catoctin Mountains, Frederick County, Maryland
May 27, 2013
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Red-bordered Emerald                                      Nemoria lixaria
Potomac River near 15 Mile Creek
Allegany County, Maryland
September 9, 2013
Photographer:  Bonnie Ott
White Spring Moth                                              Lomographa vestaliata
West Friendship Park
Howard County, Maryland
April 26, 2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Bluish Spring Moth                                             Lomographa semiclarata
Finzel Swamp
Garrett County, Maryland
June 9, 2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Tulip-tree Beauty (larva)                                    Epimecis hortaria
Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
July 19, 2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Oak Besma                                                          Besma quercivoraria
Mt. Pleasant, Howard County Conservancy, Howard County, Maryland
September 29, 2014
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Common Spring Moth                                        Heliomata cycladata
Mouth of Sideling Hill Creek
Washington County, Maryland
May 14, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Canadian Melanolophia                                    Melanophia canadaria
on Spicebush
Rockburn Branch Park, Howard County, Maryland
August 24, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Curve-lined Looper                                             Lambdina sp.
on Witch Hazel
Catoctin Mountains, Frederick County, Maryland
September 13, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
The Bad-wing                                                       Dyspteris abortivaria
Catoctin Mountains
Frederick County, Maryland
July 22, 2015
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Oak Beauty                                                           Phaeoura quernaria
Green Ridge State Forest
Allegany County, Maryland
April 23, 2016
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Geometrid Moth                                                    Macaria sp.
Horn Point
Dorchester County, Maryland
September 7, 2018
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Large Maple Spanworm                                     Prochoerodes lineola
Horn Point, Dorchester County, Maryland
September 7, 2018
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Scallop Moth Caterpillar                                       Cepphis sp. prob. decoloraria
Little Falls Creek, Baltimore County, Maryland
August 26, 2018
Photographer:  Richard Orr
Pale Beauty                                                              Campaea perlata
Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, Howard County, Maryland
June 12, 2020
Photographer:  Richard Orr