Last weekend I went to Algonquin Park with some of my friends. During the day, we focused on finding odonates (dragonflies and damselflies), but once night fell, we turned our attention to a passion shared by all five of us: moths.
We spent two nights in the park, at two different campsites. Canisbay Lake the first night, and Pog Lake the second night. We chose these two campgrounds due to their difference in habitat. Canisbay was largely deciduous, dominated by maples (
Acer spp), whereas Pog Lake was largely coniferous, dominated by pines (
Pinus spp). Pog Lake also had some nice understory with plenty of honeysuckles and Beaked Hazelnut (
Corylus cornuta), as well as many ferns.
If I had to guess, we had over 200 species of moths over the two nights. Here is a selection of photos of some of the more charismatic species we encountered.
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| Rosy Maple Moth |
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| Mottled Snout |
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| Bent-lined Gray |
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| Wavy Chestnut Y |
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| Chocolate Prominent |
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| Walnut Sphinx |
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| Northern Pine Looper |
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| Eastern Panthea |
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| White-dotted Prominent |
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| Modest Sphinx |
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| Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth |
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| Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth |
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| Putnam's Looper |
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| Laurel Sphinx |
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| Little Virgin Tiger Moth |
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| Fragile Dagger |
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| Luna Moth |
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| Black Zigzag |
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| Twin-spotted Sphinx |
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| Harris's Three-spot |
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| Blinded Sphinx |
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| Northern Apple Sphinx |
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| Rose Hooktip |
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| Waved Sphinx |
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| Cecropia Moth |
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| Polyphemus Moth |
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| Orange-barred Carpet |
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| Silver-spotted Fern Moth |
Very cool photos, Quinten! Glad that you had a fantastic time with your friends.
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