What Lurks in the Night? II

Some more denizens of the night that came to the black light and stayed until daylight, starting with the moths:

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Polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)


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There was also a click beetle,


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a pair of mating crane flies,


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another interesting looking fly (that I cannot identify)


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and a wasp, probably an Ichneumonidae (Hopefully I spelled that right – I was too lazy to look it up.)


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