August 31, 2026
Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis), on Goldenrod (Solidago). An attractive moth that is 3/4 inch long, with a wingspan of 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Adults are active from April until autumn begins to get really cold, and are found in Canada, south to the states of Texas and Florida.
Adults are diurnal for the most part, though larvae are nocturnal. Adults drink nectar, often of plants in the aster family, such goldenrods, asters and milkweeds. The larvae eat the leaves of low growing grasses and sedges. They also eat lichens which have toxicity which is transferred to adults, which makes them unpalatable.
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