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Virginian Tiger Moth

spilosoma virginica

Description:

Bright white moth, also known as yellow wooly bear

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2 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

Not at all! Your spotting has a lovely layer of violet "sparkles" and a different sort of head and antenna, whereas mine is truly bright white with one or two dots of jet black. Beautiful moth though, thank you for sharing!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Karen,
Do you think they are the same :http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6440569

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Coquille, Oregon

Spotted on Jul 24, 2011
Submitted on Jul 24, 2011

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