01 Emerald & Angle moths little house Yarnell AZ (1024x509)

Emerald and Angle moth by porch light

Mike leaves the porch light on all night which invites a variety of moths.

02 Emerald moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x802)

Emerald moth from the Geometer family

During my last visit to Yarnell I found all these moths within about a 5 foot (1.5 meters) radius of the porch light.

03 Maybe Large Yellow Underwing moth little house Yarnell AZ (1012x1024)

Maybe a Large Yellow Underwing moth introduced from Europe

They were all pretty small, .5 to 1 inch (1.27 to 2.54 cm).

04 Unknown moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

Unknown

And very difficult to identify, so please feel free to help with that.

05 Unknown moth little house Yarnell AZ (946x1024)

Unknown

Even with my Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America,

06 Maybe Gypsy moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x865)

Maybe a Gypsy moth, hey my namesake

and bugguide,

07 Maybe Dysstroma moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x676)

Maybe Dysstroma genus also known as Carpets

I could only guess on most of these.

08 Maybe Eupithecia sp moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x706)

Maybe Eupithicia genus commonly called pugs

Yet they are all beautiful.

09 Maybe Eupithecia sp moth little house Yarnell AZ (1024x404)

Possibly another Eupithicia

And I’m continuing to learn about moths.