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Rosy Maple Moth

Dryocampa rubicunda

Description:

Very bright pink and yellow moth on my front door. Has a lot of yellow hair on it's head.

Habitat:

Maple trees in my front yard.

Notes:

Saw this on my front door one night when I got home from work. This was the first one I've ever seen and haven't seen one since.

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2 Comments

JillBlack
JillBlack 11 years ago

what great colours

samloftus61
samloftus61 11 years ago

Awesome Pic. I saw a ton of these up in New Brunswick this summer--they seemed to prefer hanging out in the evening primroses.

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Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Sep 20, 2012

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