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Black Witch Moth

Ascalapha Odorata

Photo by Michelle75
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Indian Shores, Pinellas County, FL
A developed barrier island community

Notes:

This moth stayed all day under cover near the ceiling of a 2nd story, east facing covered balcony. I watched him fly off when it got dark.

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Ava T-B
Welcome to Project Noah, Michelle75, I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!

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