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Hemileuca nevadensis
Beautiful black, white and red/orange female moth. This is the second time I've spotted a large group of this species in the same area and it's been exactly one year since the last time. They never landed for me last year. This cooperative moth crawled on my finger and unloaded its defense system on my finger :)
Eucalyptus and grassy area near Lake Hodges. The range is the western US and Canada.
The caterpillar can be seen at my other spotting: http://projectnoah.org/spottings/1144618...
Spotted on Nov 17, 2012
Submitted on Nov 18, 2012
19 Comments
Thank you both!
beautiful
nice find!
Thank you for the comments, Christy and Adarsha!
So pretty series..very nice cindy...
What a beautiful series!!
Thank you all! This series makes up for the other one I have of this species. I'm grateful for this good day :)
Perfect!
Cindy, I love picture number three.
Adorable spotting.
So beautiful :)
Very cute and beautiful! Someday, I want to spot a cute moth like this one and put it on my fingers!
Wonderful!
very nice series, full of deail
Very cool great series :)
Thank you ToshimiDowaki, Karen, Dan and Marta!
Very pretty!
Dark beauty!
Great series Cindy!
Wonderful!!