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Footprint photos (above and preceding page), Southwest Canyon, east slope of Black Range, March 7, 2021
Litocala Moth - Litocala sexsignata

Beauty, and the unexpected, sometimes come in small packages. In the January 2021 issue of this magazine, Ron Parry introduced the world of moths, and his excellent website, Southwestern Moths,
to us. In the April 2021 issue, moths and their place in the web of living things were discussed as part of a series of articles about plantings. On March 7, 2021, the Litocala sexsignata shown here and on the following page was photographed in Southwest Canyon, southwest of Kingston by about two miles, at an altitude of about 6,500 feet.
The articles in the last two editions of this magazine were an inspiration: why not try to photograph small flitty brown things?
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