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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Zygaenoidea » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Phobetron » Hag Moth - Hodges#4677 (Phobetron pithecium)
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Unknown - Phobetron pithecium
Copyright © 2008 Sharon Perrault

Unknown - Phobetron pithecium
Hammond, Ontario, Canada
August 22, 2008
Size: 1 cm or so
Found this morning on a lawn chair that sits between two maple trees. It stayed on the chair for most of the day, moving around in an undulating manner.
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Contributed by Sharon Perrault on 22 August, 2008 - 9:26pm
Last updated 23 August, 2008 - 10:26pm

Wow!
Every time someone posts a bizarre creature which is hard to place in Arthropoda let alone Insecta, it turns out to be a Limacodid.
… Andy Calderwood, 23 August, 2008 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

moving around in an undulating manner
That is a perfect description :)
… Bobby Grizzard, 22 August, 2008 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

What do you think of
… john and jane balaban, 22 August, 2008 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow...
that was fast! Thank you so much....that absolutely looks like it. :)
… Sharon Perrault, 22 August, 2008 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

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