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Adela trigrapha
Tiny male Fairy Longhorn Moth (less than 1 cm). I saw several males on this hike. This is a spotting of a female in a different part of the park: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/100...
Feeding on serrated onion blossom (allium serra) along Olympia Trail in Mount Diablo State Park, Clayton, CA
Males have large eyes, long white antenna 3 times forewing length, black forewing crossed by three white lines which are reduced to two or only traces in some populations. Females have smaller eyes, smaller antenna (1.5 X FWL) and bright orange head. Forewing bright, metallic blue, hindwing purple. Butterflies and Moths of North America
Spotted on Apr 28, 2013
Submitted on May 2, 2013
5 Comments
Thank you so much acreamoth99!
Thank you Yuko--very interesting moth.
Super long antennas! Beautiful!
Thank you RiekoS!
Beautiful series.