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Wings up - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2007 Eve Sweatman

Wings up - Alypia octomaculata
Chaumont, Jefferson County, New York, USA
May 27, 2007
Size: less than 1 inch
Here is this guy with wings up. It sat there for some time before it changed places and had wings down. Does anyone know what I have here?

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Moth wings down - Alypia octomaculata Wings up - Alypia octomaculata
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Contributed by Eve Sweatman on 28 May, 2007 - 8:25pm
Last updated 29 May, 2007 - 11:48am

Eight Spotted Forester Moth
Alypia octomaculata.
… Phyllis Kelly, 28 May, 2007 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks Phyllis!! That was quick...now I'm off to find out more about this guy. Hope he's not a pest because he is so handsome!!!
… Eve Sweatman, 28 May, 2007 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

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