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Photo by lacristiani
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Field Notes

Description:

Moth, with snowy cover

Habitat:

Pine and oak forest

Species ID Suggestions

Cerogenes auricoma

Ignacio Gamboa
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Light bug
jdohc1
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Comments (3)
Ignacio Gamboa
Great spotting, it is not a moth but a planthopper from the family fulgoridae i have no idea about the common name but i guess you can use "fulgorid planthooper"... An interesting fact about this planthopper is that the golden wax they produce in the head was used by some tribes to produce dye
Maria dB
What an interesting first spotting you have on Noah - welcome to the Project!
Christiane
Nice Spotting.. I have moved it to Arthropods..
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PublishedJuly 14, 2012

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