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Photo by JuanC.Garcia
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Field Notes

Description:

2cm long moth

Habitat:

Tropical forest -altitude 1800mts-

Species ID Suggestions

Megalopyge moth

Megalopyge dyari

Reference Link
PhilipBarnette
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Comments (1)
PhilipBarnette
I only know of one Megalopyge species ID'd in Costa Rica. Another source: http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Megalopyge+dyari&searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Megalopyge+dyari

Spotted for Missions

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
Mission
El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica
Photographed
PublishedOctober 7, 2012

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