Meropleon titan. Photographed at Norfolk County, Ontario on 30 September 2020. It's never a good idea to leave an area with one more warm night in the forecast! Thus it was no surprise when Mary Gartshore sent me a photo of a mystery moth. Without knowing its size I suggested Meropleon, but not one I was familiar with. She got back to me with a total length measurement of 21.5mm - M. titan? This was a moth I had to see! A few hours later I was photographing it... Size alone, I think, makes it this species, but the FW pattern (quite patterned in the distal half of the wing) also is a good match. If deemed acceptable this would be an unexpected first for Ontario and Canada I think.
Two individuals captured in two light traps overnight. They were captured in and near a stand of Eastern Gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides that was planted by seed around 2003. Each measures approximately 23 mm. This one may be a female. See last year's observation of this species at the same site posted by David Beadle.
Taken while on the ferry from Saint John to Digby Nova Scotia. Shark breeched twice, managed to get about 6 photos the second time it breeched. Not sure which species of Thresher Shark it is