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Various bugs from a trip last year
Hi.
Last year I went on a circle tour of Lake Superior with my father, and stumbled across a handful of insects I didn’t see on your site. The first is a moth that seemed rather camera-shy. It took forever for it to sit still, but I finally got a decent shot of it. Its wingspan was probably a little over two inches, but what really caught my eye were the circular marks on the wings. I believe this one was seen on the Canadian side of Lake Superior, if that helps. The second is a type of dragonfly that was rather common around the bottom of one of the waterfalls we visited in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Perhaps three inches long. The third was also found near a waterfall in the UP of Michigan, but a different one, and not solely at the bottom of the falls either. Again, these were all over the place, and maybe 2 and a half to 3 inches
long. Great site, and I hope you have some luck finding out what these bugs are.
Justin Henry

Satyr Butterfly	Ebony Jewelwing

Hi Justin,
We are very happy to get your letter which contains some new species for us. The moth is actually a butterfly in the Family Satyridae which contains the Wood Nymphs and Satyrs. These butterflies are brown or tawny with eyespots. They are found in wooded and open brushy areas. Adults don’t visit flowers for nectar, preferring sap and juices from rotting fruit. Your Dragonflies are actually closely related Damselflies. One we cannot identify, but the other appears to be an Ebony Jewelwing, Calopteryx maculata.

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