Friday, October 17, 2025

October 17, 2025

I am an Orange-spotted Flower Moth
I'm tiny - my wings are just over a quarter inch
As a larvae I ate plants in the Spermacoce genus
But I'll eat Richardia grandiflora in a pinch.

Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

Sources: https://thefsca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Media_Files_Plant-Industry-Files_Entomology-Circular_CIRCULAR-Syngamia-Florella-Stoll.pdf

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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