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Photo by HeidiBehr
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Field Notes

Description:

Small (size of half dollar?) orange brown moth. ( one had Lower left quadrant of wing torn off. )

Species ID Suggestions

Pearl Crescent (butterfly)

Phyciodes tharos

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Comments (1)
Jacob Gorneau
Hello, could you remove this butterfly from the mission "Moths of the World?" A good way to tell a moth from a butterfly is by the antennae, which are like rounded clubs on the ends for butterflies, and thin or often feathery antennae for moths. Of course, there are occasional exceptions.

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PublishedSeptember 1, 2012

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