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Slug Moth or Cup Moth

Description:

Small moth, 1 cm long, with long green hair, a white to tan underside and legs stripped in orange and brown. Family Limacodidae.

Habitat:

It was in the dog dish on the porch!

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9 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thanks Gerardo :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Extraordinary spot and series Lauren !

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thank you Luis :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Really great find and series Lauren!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thank you bayucca, thank you Jemma.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

noctuidae with banded feet.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thanks Cindy, I usually don't like what I find in the dog dish.....once I found a parasitic sheep ked in there.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Looks like a Limacodidae, Parasa sp.?? But I am not sure.

Beauty! I never find anything pretty in my dog dish :(

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Jun 16, 2013
Submitted on Jun 20, 2013

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