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Virginian Tiger Moth

spilosoma virginica

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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43.1771, -124.188

Field Notes

Description:

Bright white moth, also known as yellow wooly bear

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KarenSaxton
Not at all! Your spotting has a lovely layer of violet "sparkles" and a different sort of head and antenna, whereas mine is truly bright white with one or two dots of jet black. Beautiful moth though, thank you for sharing!
rubens.luciano
Karen, Do you think they are the same :http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6440569
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PublishedJuly 24, 2011

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