Mottled Gray Carpet Moth
Posted on in Recent Sightings by Hawk Mountain
This Mottled Gray Carpet Moth (Cladara limitaria) was spotted clinging motionless to the side of the Trail Entrance. These nocturnal beauties are a mottled gray and brown that serves to camouflage them to trees. Wings occasionally display flecks of yellow or green. Caterpillars feed on sheep laurel and other evergreen species.
Photo by Laura Berry.