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Placentia Tiger Moth

Grammia placentia

Description:

Black tiger moth with white-spotted forewings and red hindwings.

Habitat:

Sandy forest in Florida.

Notes:

Female; this may be the first photograph of a living female of the species.

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5 Comments

AbigailParker
AbigailParker 11 years ago

Thank you! I was blacklighting for beetles with some really hard-core coleopterists, and even they were impressed by the beauty of this moth!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

How beautiful!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Perfect!! Could you add this to my mission, Moths of the Americas?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Lovely Underwings...!!
Suitable for colour red mission.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Nice!!

AbigailParker
Spotted by
AbigailParker

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 4, 2011
Submitted on May 28, 2012

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