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Salt marsh moths

Estigmene acrea

Description:

These cute and adorable insects were bred by me for a breeding project.They have orange and white patterns.When they are disturbed they show there orange abdomen and the animals run away. They can feed on many species of low growing plants and weeds like clover dandelion and Henbit deadnettle that is very common in This area.

Habitat:

Grasslands and semi-urban and desert areas where weeds are adbundent.

Notes:

Male and female

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3 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

Thanks for favoriting(:

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 4 years ago

Thanks, I will add some pre-adult stages

Brian38
Brian38 4 years ago

Very cool ornithoptera80! Do you have any pics of any of the pre-adult stages you could add?

Ornithoptera80
Spotted by
Ornithoptera80

Watauga, Texas, USA

Spotted on Dec 23, 2019
Submitted on Dec 23, 2019

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