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Small Phoenix

Ecliptopera silaceata

Notes:

This beauty resembled the patterning on a Native American blanket to me!

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Small Phoenix
Ecliptopera silaceata Moth - Ecliptopera silaceata - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Interesting! I always wonder how species can travel across oceans and on other continents, and naturalize themselves there. Wouldn't they die on the journey?

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Actually I thought this was a European species, but obviously it is (now?) also found in the US.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Awesome!! Thanks Bayucca! That is so cool! Thanks for the help!

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on May 4, 2012
Submitted on May 5, 2012

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