By Christy Solo – ONPA 1st Place Award Winner for Best Local Column
Don’t let this week’s crawly’s sweet countenance fool you! These pretty, bitty moths have a childhood fueled by death and deception.
Meet the Sooty-winged Chalcoela moth (Cal-co-eh-luh) (Chalcoela iphitalis). With their neutral colors and unassuming size (1 cm. AKA 3/8”) sooties go largely unnoticed in the world – and that is all part of their master plan.
Sooties are in…
