Tag: Feathery Wings

  • Plume Moths

    Plume Moths

    While admiring Common Milkweed which produces an amazing fragrance across long distances, I discover several unusual looking insects. They look like a capital T or an old-fashioned airplane, with a wingspan of perhaps 5/8 inch. Feathery wings and spiny, delicate looking legs. These are Plume Moths (Pterophoridae). There are more than 1,000 species of Plume…