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Columbian Emerald

Nemoria darwiniata

Description:

green moth on shady side of mountain cabin in the morning

Habitat:

Sierra mountains near Yosemite, about 6000 feet, cabins in the woods.

2 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Please confirm the ID. Thank you for cropping the photo, it helped a lot!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Hi Annette! Welcome to Project Noah. Could you crop the first photos so it focuses more on the green moth? These geometrid species are quite similar, and it may be hard to get a genus or a species from a distance.

AnnetteLeroux
Spotted by
AnnetteLeroux

California, USA

Spotted on Jul 25, 2011
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013

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