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Moth - Anisota
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Hollenbeck

Moth - Anisota
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
July 26, 2007
Plexippus paykulli stalking potential prey item.

For those of you lacking a funny bone, or think I really believe that, it's a joke.
(Due to some previous commentaries, I have to idiot-proof my comments.)

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 27 July, 2007 - 3:16pm

Ya gotta think big!
Jeff, there are a number of these in the genus Anisota here, and I thick Patrick Coin was working to make sense of them, but we always get confused trying to sort them out.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2007 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Great
thanks. The idiot-proof part is a joke, too.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 27 July, 2007 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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