Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Salt marsh moth

Estigmene acrea

Description:

White coat with black specks on wings; orange coloration of abdomen underneath wings; sleek body feature, around 2 inches long

Habitat:

under fan leaf of a weed (unidentified); garden setting near canyons of UCSD (Southern California chaparral)

Notes:

two moths resting (possibly napping) upside down a leaf

No Comments

haebinliew
Spotted by
haebinliew

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 15, 2013
Submitted on Nov 18, 2013

Related Spottings

Salt Marsh Tiger Moth Tiger Moth Salt Marsh Moth Acrea Moth

Nearby Spottings

Common earwig beetle California Poppy Spotted Towhee

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team