Spragueia onagrus - Hodges#9126
 
 
 
(Black-Dotted Spragueia Moth).
 
 
 
Photo: 07/16/11, 7 pm.


A very beautiful moth: Spragueia onagrus - Hodges#9126. It's common name is black-dotted Spragueia moth. The bug guide reports this species only for Florida and Georgia but this seems to be misleading. Anyway I couldn't find much information on this small moth. By the way, this is the first (posted) photo taken with my new Nikon D5100. 
 
 
bug guide (this photo):
http://bugguide.net/node/view/546820/bgimage


Spragueia leo - Hodges#9127 (Common Spragueia Moth).
 
 
 
Size: approx. 10 mm. Photo: 08/27/11, 6 pm.


These Spragueia moths are surprisingly shiny and always look a bit "photoshopped". This one is the Common Spragueia Moth (Spragueia leo). 
 

 
bug guide (this photo):
http://bugguide.net/node/view/569229#1000058
moth photographers group:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9127
Noctuidae of North America:
http://www.nearctica.com/moths/noctuid/acontia/spragueia/spragueia_leo.htm