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Dot-lined White Moth

Artace cribraria

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Description:

I love this kind of Moth, hairy, white with beautiful antennas. In the last picture it is playing dead!!

Notes:

Spotting of the Day, July 24, 2014.
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Species ID Suggestions

Dot-lined White

Artace cribraria

Reference Link
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Comments (37)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
This spotting has been disqualified from the 2017 wildlife competition as it was submitted in 2014 and therefore infringes the stated rules.
beaker98
Belated congrats Gilma! Beautiful, cuddly looking moth. Wonderful photos!
LeanneGardner
Congratulations Gilma! What a gorgeous beauty. Well done :)
The MnMs
Is well-deserved Gilma, is really cute! :-)
Sckel
wonderful fuzzy moth. Congratulations Gilma. :)
RiekoS
Congratulations. Great spotting.
dotun55
I would have concluded that this was a very cute pup until I took a second look. Congratulations!
The MnMs
Congratulations, Gilma! It is a very fluffy one :-)
LaurenZarate
Congratulations Gilma! Its a beautiful moth and great photos!
KarenL
Congrats Gilma, your fuzzy little moth is a National Moth Week Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154402037115603/?type=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/492504216917651457
Annelies
It's fluffiness is killing me :D Lovely spotting!
bayucca
Lasiocampidae, Macromphaliinae, Artace sp. and looks like being Artace cribraria. Nice one! http://www.austinbug.com/survey/2010/pics/8-19-10artace.jpg http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7683 http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=50703 Report from Costa Rica: http://eol.org/pages/21511768/overview http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=87102 http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=87100 http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=87101 http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=190166
Mark Ridgway
It's the Venezuelan Poodle Moth... on holidays. Wonderful find Gilma.
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Funny you said that... I sent this picture to one of my daughters in California...She wore shades like those to a Rock Festival!!!!.... Did you do that also, Sergio Monteiro!!??

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PublishedJuly 24, 2014

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