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Spilosoma? S. virginica, perhaps? - Spilosoma
Copyright © 2007 J.R. Jones

Spilosoma? S. virginica, perhaps? - Spilosoma
Wartburg/Frozen Head State Park, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
August 11, 2007

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Contributed by J.R. Jones on 15 August, 2007 - 5:02am
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 1:09pm

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… J.D. Roberts, 14 October, 2009 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Spilosoma Virginica
I don't know, the legs don't look right for a Virginian Tiger Moth. I think they should be banded. Compare yours to this one and see what I mean:
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 15 August, 2007 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kenneth!
I appreciate the comments. However, look at these links from the Moth Photographers Group:

S. virginica - Check out Jim Kennedy's image.

But, then again, there's always Steve Nanz's image of S. congrua here.

Both of these make me wonder how variable the degree of banding on the legs of either species might be. I suppose it'd just be safer to leave it at Spilosoma sp. Is that at least right?

Thanks again!
… J.R. Jones, 15 August, 2007 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Spilosoma
You could be right about the Spilosoma sp.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 16 August, 2007 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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