Subject: What insect is this?
Geographic location of the bug: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date: 08/25/2018
Time: 06:09 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: I found this on a Joe Pye weed plant on August 25, 2018, at 9:30 a.m.
How you want your letter signed: Maggie
Dear Maggie,
This very pretty and ornately patterned moth is an Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea.
Daniel
Thank you for the prompt response.
I am having the picture enlarged to hang in my office. Such a pretty moth!