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beautiful red orange black white brown spotted moth - Arctia caja
Copyright © 2008 M S

beautiful red orange black white brown spotted moth - Arctia caja
Eagle Mountain, Utah County, Utah, USA
August 1, 2008
Size: 2"
Beautiful moth I've never seen before. This one was on my front porch late at night. We have bright white flood lights on our porch that we leave on at night. It was unable to control its flight and kept crashing. After inspecting the pictures, I believe it is missing its right eye and antennae. It must have been attacked before I found it.

Any idea what kind this is?
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Contributed by M S on 16 October, 2008 - 12:31pm
Last updated 18 October, 2008 - 1:18am

Arctia caja
the Great Tiger Moth
… margarethe brummermann, 16 October, 2008 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much!
This site is excellent.

Do I need to recategorize this post, or will it happen automatically?
… M S, 16 October, 2008 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
You can move images yourself or an editor will do it for you...
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… Ron M., 16 October, 2008 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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