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Moth ? - Chauliodes
Copyright © 2008 mcamember

Moth ? - Chauliodes
Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 26, 2008
Size: 35mm
Time of photo : 9:40 am. Insect is clinging quietly to the roof of the carport like a moth.
Still there at 4:15 pm when I approached it again to measure it. It has feathery antennae
like a male moth but the wings don't have the soft scaly,fuzzy appearance of other moths I've seen.
Contributed by mcamember on 26 June, 2008 - 3:25pm
Last updated 29 July, 2008 - 9:42pm

Male fishfly
Possibly Chauliodes pecticornis, Summer Fishfly

See
… Rita Songer, 26 June, 2008 - 5:29pm

 
Moth ?
That's my guy ! A fishfly.
Thanks for the *very* fast response.
… mcamember, 26 June, 2008 - 6:57pm

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