Long weekend at Windy Pine

This past long weekend, I returned to Peterborough and went back to Windy Pine to visit friends and tried mothing once again (just like last year).

Since I returned back to Ontario last week, I found this summer to be cooler and smoggier than I remembered.


Waiting for moths to arrive.

The set-up.

Quite a diversity of moths the light attracted.

We spent most of the evening walking around the sheet and documenting the different species of moths.

Later in the evening, we switched to black light to draw the moths even closer to the sheet.

Below are the different kind of moths and other insects that were attracted by the light.  Most of them are not yet identified unless stated, and I will try to update the identities once I find them.

Rheumaptera sp.


Rheumaptera sp.


Lettered Habrosyne Moth (Habrosyne scripta)


Salt-and-Pepper Looper (Syngrapha rectangula)


Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)


H. fucosa




Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)


Gypsy Moth with a cute (and almost bat-like) face.


Arched Hooktip (Drepana arcuata)

Sigmoid Prominent (Clostera albosigma)

Angulose Prominent (Peridea angulosa)


Three different species of moth side-by-side.

Maple Callus Borer (Synanthedon acerni)

Basswood Leafroller Moth (Pantographa limata)


P. limata


P. limata




Unidentified caddisfly




Unidentified dobsonfly


Unidentified leafhopper


Elm Sawfly Larva (Cimbex americana)

Hazelnut

The following Sunday morning, we went into the forest to look for salamanders and whatever fauna and flora we could find.  We found only one Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) that I did not take a picture of.  But we did found other interesting things.

Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Unknown small green mushrooms.


Unknown yellow mushrooms.


Immature berries of False Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum racemosum).


Berries of Blue-bead lily (Clintonia borealis).

Common Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), an introduced species.


C. americana again.

There was a bear sighting in the area, and while hiking around, we came across these scats with seeds that may had came from a bear.

The scats looked very fresh, maybe just a few hours old.

Upon a closer look, we found this Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle (Ontholestes cingulatus) on the scat.

During lunchtime, we spotted this Common Loon (Gavia immer) swimming close to the shore from the cabin.

Common Loon with boaters (addicted to unnecessary speeding and screaming) in the background.


What a handsome creature.




In the evening, I spent some time photographing the Milky Way.

On Monday morning, we went for one last hike before I catch the Greyhound bus back to Ottawa.

Bronte the dog inside "The Cabin".


Kami the cat.


Trails between Lake Kushog and Lake Kabakwa.


Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)


Tufted Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis laxa)

A sign of the near-end of summer.


One Red Maple leaf (not rounded edges) among Sugar Maple leaves (not serrated edges).  I memorized this by remembering that red is not rounded and sugar is not serrated.


Then we came across two small American Toadlets (Anaxyrus americanus).

One last walk with Bronte in Windy Pine.

With more and more friends graduating and departing from Trent, I wonder when will be the next time I return back to Peterborough and visit remaining friends.  Sigh.