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Southern Flannel Moth

Megalopyge opercularis

Photo by Lee Williams
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Pine scrubland and sand dunes around.

Notes:

Spotted at night at the shower house at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, FL.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

Not technically. It's an insect. Bugs are of the order Hemiptera. If you would like to know what a bug is then read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiptera

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