{"id":770,"date":"2016-02-13T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=770"},"modified":"2016-02-13T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:28:22","slug":"toothed-somberwing-euclidia-cuspidea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Toothed somberwing <em>(Euclidia cuspidea)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toothed_somberwing_01.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-773\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toothed_somberwing_01.jpg\" alt=\"toothed somberwing\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toothed_somberwing_01.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toothed_somberwing_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/toothed_somberwing_01-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toothed somberwing <em>(Euclidia cuspidea)<\/em> is common and widespread across North America from the east coast to the Rocky Mountains. In Minnesota, it is found from mid-May to early July in meadows and in woodland edges and openings with long grass.<\/p>\n<p>It is active both day and night. When flushed from vegetation it flies rapidly for about 20 yards then drops to the ground. It rests with the wings held flat and the hindwings usually concealed. It is attracted to light.<\/p>\n<p>This is a stout, medium-sized moth. The adult is about \u215e\u2033 long and has a wingspan of 1\u215b\u2033 to 17\u2009\u204416\u2033. It is distinguished from similar moths by dark brown triangular spots on the forewing of the adult, and by the presence of reduced leg-like structures on the fourth abdominal segment of the caterpillar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/toothed_somberwing.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/toothed_somberwing.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=770\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toothed somberwing (Euclidia cuspidea) is common and widespread across North America from the east coast to the Rocky Mountains. In Minnesota, it is found from mid-May to early July in meadows and in woodland edges and openings with long grass. It is active both day and night. When flushed from vegetation it flies rapidly for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[312,311],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}