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Hemileuca maia
Medium sized moth, 5-6 cm long. Forewing a black with white stripe. Conspicuous red hair at posterior tip of abdomen (rest of abdomen is black).
Oak forests, found on white oak.
Very interesting threat display. As I was going to reach for the moth, it tensed its wings back to appear like a hymenopteran, arched it's abdomen towards me and ejected a milky orange fluid. No smell, did not touch
Spotted on Nov 21, 2013
Submitted on Nov 21, 2013
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