You can be an understudy or you can be an underwing. Or underfoot. Have you ever seen an underwing, a moth in the family Erebidae? Today one dropped out of a tree, landing on my feet in a Vacaville park. It just missed being a part of our National Moth Week celebration. This one was both colorful and drab (see below). The species may be the sweetheart underwing, Catocala amatrix. "Yes, too worn for certain ID," says butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution...
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