Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: mellielong's Daily Pictures # 104, 5 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
I started my butterfly garden last year and this year I've had numerous lep visitors but two of my most interesting have been moths. The woodland Ruellia is the host plant for a unique moth called Tripudia rectagula which is triangular in shape with a rectangle spot on its back. But the most interesting to me is a mosquito size reddish orange moth whose host plant is Four o'clocks. This micro moth is called Aetole tripunctella for the three silver spots on each side. In order to keep its name simple and easy to remember, I've nicknamed it the "Crusader". Although they are difficult to see, they are beautiful and unusual.