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The Penitent - Hodges#8771 (Catocala piatrix)? - Catocala
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

The Penitent - Hodges#8771 (Catocala piatrix)? - Catocala
Irvine Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
September 3, 2008
Size: ~5cm
For comparison here's the same moth taken without a flash and with nothing done in Photoshop except cropping.

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 4 September, 2008 - 10:44pm
Last updated 6 October, 2008 - 12:03pm

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