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Beautiful Wood Nymph

Eudryas grata

Photo by Jerrie Miller
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 4 cm. The large hairy appendages on front are legs rather antennae. When closed up it looks like bird droppings.

Habitat:

Spotted on the side of a barn, near the edge of a meadow.

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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Tukup
Cool. Nice catch Jerrie. Thanks for sharing.

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