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Rosy maple moth

Dryocampa rubicunda

Photo by cherohio
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Hodges 7715

Notes:

Found at porch light. This moth never fails to make me laugh, with its fuzzy yellow thorax-jacket and cotton-candy "legwarmers"!

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cherohio
Thank you for your comment: "the best camera is the one you have with you"...for this reason, I love my iPhone. It's amazing what turns up at the front door!

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PublishedJuly 12, 2014

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