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I thought its markings were wonderful! Then I found out that it's called a Dingy Cutworm moth, and somehow its markings stopped being so wonderful. They ought to give it a better name.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Dingy Cutworm Moth
I scared up this moth while mowing the lawn, and when it landed again I photographed it with my cell phone.
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I thought its markings were wonderful! Then I found out that it's called a Dingy Cutworm moth, and somehow its markings stopped being so wonderful. They ought to give it a better name.
(Click on image to enlarge)
I thought its markings were wonderful! Then I found out that it's called a Dingy Cutworm moth, and somehow its markings stopped being so wonderful. They ought to give it a better name.
I wonder how it got that name in the first place. I looked it up and apparently it's also known as the Bent-line dart. I'm not sure that's much better.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it's named after the larva, which is a dull-looking thing that cuts down young plants while feeding. That's really not fair; if we were all named after our characteristics as children, my name would be Sullen McLazypants.
ReplyDeleteMine would have been "she who watches 6 hours of tv after school every day".
ReplyDeleteI just loved watching Gilligan's Island after school every day.
ReplyDeleteThat was one of them I used to watch too.
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