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Salt Marsh Moth, mating pair

Estigmene acrea

Photo by sethr.larson
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

White wingswith black speckles. Yellow abdomen

Habitat:

Coastal area

Species ID Suggestions

Salt Marsh Moth

Estigmene acrea

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DonnaBollenbach
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Salt Marsh Moth

Estigmene acrea

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ForestDragon
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Comments (7)
Maria dB
Nice first spotting on Noah - welcome to the Project!
KarenL
Great spot! Welcome to the community sethr.larson!
ForestDragon
@ Donna, I figured that's what happened! We gave different resources though :) No worries.
DonnaBollenbach
@ForestDragon - I posted my suggestion before refreshing page,. At least we agree. Same source too!
Jacob Gorneau
Awesome spotting, sethr.larson! Could you add this to my mission, "Moths of the World?" Thank you very much! Welcome to Project Noah!! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449
ForestDragon
That's a really cool find! The male is the one with the yellow underwings.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2013

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