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Unnamed spotting

Description:

Orange butterfly.

Habitat:

Grassy area by a river

1 Species ID Suggestions

Polyphemus moth
Antheraea polyphemus Antheraea polyphemus


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3 Comments

brycezimmerman
brycezimmerman 9 years ago

Large wide antenna to detect pheromones and small body. Females have smaller antenna and large bodies for holding lots of eggs

brycezimmerman
brycezimmerman 9 years ago

It's a male

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Great spotting Laura. Welcome to Noah. This is actually a moth, one of the largest in North America.

LauraBalderas
Spotted by
LauraBalderas

Washington, USA

Spotted on Jun 23, 2014
Submitted on Jul 12, 2014

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