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Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A brown moth with very hairy palpi that look like little cleaning brooms. About 1.5 cm long.

Habitat:

Came to the lights of a store, Axtla de Terrazas near Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

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LaurenZarate
Thank you Marta :) A better mustache than Tom Selleck!

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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016

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