Subject: Beautiful black bug
Geographic location of the bug: Illinois, USA
Date: 06/19/2021
Time: 10:07 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman : This bug was on my car today and I found it sooo neat! I’ve never seen something like this before! It body from head to tail? Butt? Ending? Was about at inch at most. I didn’t get to see it fly but it almost looks like it has a second smaller set of wings under the large ones.
How you want your letter signed: Alicia
Dear Alicia,
This is a Grapeleaf Skeletonizer moth, and you may compare your individual to this image on BugGuide. According to BugGuide: “Found on flowers in fields, etc. Adults are diurnal and nocturnal, and come to light.”