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Tiger Moth

Hypercompe laeta

Photo by pamsai
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Tiger Moth

Hypercompe laeta

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Comments (4)
pamsai
thanks Mona... a little late, but no internet in the Guatemalan rainforest!
pamsai
thanks bayucca for the ID and the pic of the very hairy larva...
bayucca
Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Hypercompe laeta. Larva: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8283233

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