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Elegant Sheep Moth

Hemileuca eglanterina

Photo by Liam OBrien
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large Silkmoth

Habitat:

Open chaparral

Notes:

Bullet around and never seem to land

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Comments (1)
Jacob Gorneau
Beautiful! Could you please add this moth to my mission, "Moths of the World?" Thank you very much! Here is the link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449

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PublishedJuly 3, 2013

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