Native moth (unknown species) (Lepidoptera sp.) on Jun 21, 2020

Originally reported as European Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

Submitter does not have a specimen

Description of specimen

Ten different specimens various brown colors on the upper Wings on the underside of the Wings when it flies there's orange have fat bodies and are between 1 and 1 1/2 inches long. I killed every one of them I saw the next one I see I will catch

Commentary

If there's orange when it flies then it is not a gypsy moth, they are only brown and off-white. What you have is a type of underwing moth which is native and not a pest.

Christine Buhl
Aug. 6, 2020, 1:07 p.m.