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Plume Moth

Photo by Pixie
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Field Notes

Description:

This guy likes to hang out on the storm door. He is about an inch long and a little over an inch wide. I thought he was dead at first but when I blew on him he moved and reared up a little... I've never noticed a bug like him around here before. He seems to have no wings just two long protrusions to either side where wings would normally be

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Pixie
Yep, he was most definitely a plume moth :)
IrinaSh
Plume moth ?http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Pterophoridae

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PublishedApril 8, 2017

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