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Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Description:

approx. 1 3/4 inch wingspan

Habitat:

spotted lapping water bottle on front porch of mountain home

Species ID Suggestions

Broken Silverdrop

Epargyreus exadeus cruza

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bayucca
It is a skipper, not a moth (see clubbed antennae). Hesperiidae, Spreadwing skippers, Epargyreus exadeus cruza.

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PublishedFebruary 17, 2012

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