This afternoon I happened to be passing by our old picnic table, gray with weather and hosting some British soldiers between the boards. My eye was drawn to something that looked a little out of place. Upon closer inspection, I found this moth garbed in camouflage. My iPhone Easy Macro lens captured the colors though I still have to practice with the focus. I attempted to use Google's reverse image feature without any luck, and no search results were yielded from "camouflage moth". Persistence paid off when I finally matched it up with an online photo of a Joker Moth, Faralia jocosa. The Joker is a forest moth that favors hemlock and balsam fir which are both common in our woods.
That is a very pleasant color scheme. What a superb little moth.
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