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Golden Plusia

Trichoplusia orichalcea

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Description:

A beautiful moth, there were hundreds sucking nectar from a bottlebrush tree in front of our porch looked like lots of mini lanterns with the light reflecting off of their wings.

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PublishedJuly 29, 2013

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