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Plutella xylostela.
This tiny insect was darting around on the ground!
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Spotted on Feb 17, 2015
Submitted on Feb 17, 2015
3 Comments
it was as slim as a grain of rice!!
This moth has poor flight and that explains why it was darting around. It could not lift itself very high up from the ground.
Hi Hema,
This is Diamondback moth-Plutella xylostela.
Greeting Ivan