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Caterpillar - Phaloesia saucia
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Caterpillar - Phaloesia saucia
Frontera Audubon, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 25, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 November, 2007 - 8:16pm
Last updated 29 November, 2007 - 8:44am

With all that blue on yellow
we were thinking one of the Gnophaela, see here. We'll check some more tomorrow.
… john and jane balaban, 27 November, 2007 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
WOW!
that is gorgeous!
… Mark Black, 24 September, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Right Tribe, Pericopini, wrong species...
Saucy Beauty
Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854
Family Arctiidae, Subfamily Arctiinae, Tribe Pericopini
… Mike Quinn, 29 November, 2007 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Mike...now I got the e
Thanks Mike...now I got the email figured out with you and Dave! I appreciate the help.
… Tom Bentley, 29 November, 2007 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

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