Hemlock Looper Moths

by The Philosophical Fish

I thought there were a lot of moths last week…now they are really swarming. I counted 31 of them on the wall when I opened the front door the other day, many more on the fence. Shake a bush or a tree and the number that take flight are too many to count.

Yesterday, when I drove into the driveway, two landed on the hood of the truck.

Today I opened the fridge and it took a moment to compute…one was hanging from the light inside the fridge.

I have no idea when it went in there, I don’t think it had been in there too long as when I rescued it and sent it out the front door it took to the air, flying in its looping manner over to a bush.

I catch those that I can from inside; three from the dining room this morning, two from the bathroom yesterday. We have at least four or five up near the windows off the breezeway….but I have no way to get them off a wall/window 16 feet up. So they sit there, flat against the wall.

I read that the outbreaks usually last four years, we are in year two. The swarms that have been documented are amazing! (globalnews.ca/news/7327963/swarms-of-western-hemlock-loop…)

Hemlock Looper Moth (254/365)

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Dumby September 13, 2020 - 4:27 am

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Sebastian Morweiser September 13, 2020 - 7:48 am

nice moth

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quiltsdp September 14, 2020 - 8:30 pm

Stunning!

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sure2talk September 27, 2020 - 7:24 am

I’ve never seen moths in the large numbers you describe – must be amazing to see.

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