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Old 06-14-2013, 01:32 PM
 
Location: CO/UT/AZ/NM Catch me if you can!
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Maybe they all got toasted in the fire. I actually miss the June invasion of moths out here. Guess they can't fly high enough to make it over Wolf Creek. News of the moths always makes me feel a little homesick, believe it or not.
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Old 06-14-2013, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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We got a cat in January and this is his first moth season, underwhelming as it may be. He is indoor only, and so far none have got in the house but when the porch light is on he watches with great interest and excitement through the sliding door. I've been tempted to let one in, on purpose, just so he can chase it...but...I just can't quite bring myself to deliberately let a bug in the house.
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Old 06-14-2013, 02:53 PM
 
Location: CO/UT/AZ/NM Catch me if you can!
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Heh! I can remember years when the moths were chasing the cats! Those were the days...
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Old 06-15-2013, 08:32 AM
 
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One made it into my house last night. I found him in the bathroom and towel snapped him. Owned.
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Old 06-15-2013, 08:58 AM
 
Location: CO/UT/AZ/NM Catch me if you can!
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One made it into my house last night. I found him in the bathroom and towel snapped him. Owned.
A cat or a moth?
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Old 06-15-2013, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Vermont, grew up in Colorado and California
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OMG I hated those things, my Grandparents house in Greeley had oodles...they land on you and carry you away..course their Cat loved them...crunchy
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Old 06-19-2013, 01:33 PM
 
Location: CO
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In the Daily Camera:

Miller moths make annual Boulder visit
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. . .Miller moths -- those brown and white flying nuisances -- arrive toward the end of May, but this year their arrival was a bit delayed due to unsettled spring weather. Now that they're here, the creatures are lingering before their trek into the mountains. Predictions are that this will be a banner season for Miller moths, so brace yourself for a houseful of flitting, dusty insects.

Resting in the soils of eastern Colorado/western Kansas as well as neighboring states of Nebraska and Wyoming, the larvae spent the winter in the soil awaiting spring. Emerging to feast on field crops, they return to the soil to pupate, where they become adults. The most common Miller moth is the adult form of army cutworms Euxoa auxiliaris. . .
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Old 07-19-2013, 04:20 PM
 
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Looks like they got that WRONG!!

This year there have hardly been any miller's, I feel the April freeze really helped us out on that one.
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Old 07-19-2013, 04:29 PM
 
Location: Manitou Springs
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I seen one moth this year ... it flew through my open front door, and my foster kitty had a little fun with it until it flew out of reach. I really haven't seen any others around.

I think the freeze probably did help - the box elder bugs that usually make my summer a misery are also not so much of a problem this summer and I think that freeze helped.
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Old 05-11-2014, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Santa Fe, NM
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Saw the first miller moth of the year yesterday - got inside my house from the garage. Yuck!
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