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Great Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Photo by MonacaNoble
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Great Leopard Moth

Habitat:

forest

Notes:

Found at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Rd, Edgewater MD

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Jacob Gorneau
Please add to and join: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449
Latimeria
Beautiful. I was raising a caterpillar of this species, but unfortunately it didn't make it. I was hoping to see the adult, thankfully Project Noah has shown me a few.
The MnMs
Looks like a big moth, is it?

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PublishedJune 15, 2011

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