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Columbia Silkmoth - Hyalophora columbia
Copyright © 2002 Libby & Rick Avis

Columbia Silkmoth - Hyalophora columbia
Comox, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
June 6, 2002
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 30 December, 2007 - 9:10pm
Last updated 1 February, 2008 - 10:49pm

Hybrid
I believe that this specimen is a hybrid between H. euryalis and H. columbia.
… richard m. gillmore, 16 April, 2008 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank-you!
Someone else suggested a few years ago that this might be a hybrid but didn't provide any details. How can you tell?
… Libby & Rick Avis, 18 April, 2008 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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