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Fairy Moth (female)

Adela eldorada

Description:

This moth has the longest antennae I've ever seen, it has orange hair in the head, and the wings are black and pale yellow.

Habitat:

Pine forest.

5 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Jakubko for the ID and the links. I had the feeling you were going to IDit.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

This would be a female, here is a variation which better matches your spotting: http://bugguide.net/node/view/440330

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Wonderful!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Lauren

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful shot Luis! Love it!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on May 19, 2013

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