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Cat - Dasychira basiflava
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

Cat - Dasychira basiflava
Venetian Garden's, Leesburg,, Florida, USA
August 7, 2005
Need help with this one. Found near large lake on a Live Oak.
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Contributed by Machele White on 9 August, 2005 - 9:41am
Last updated 3 September, 2005 - 11:21am

Tussock
Now that we look closely, we see the obvious tussocks, The two tufts on each end, front and back say Dasychira. Your image is almost a duplicate of one in the new Wagner (1) page 444, Dasychira basiflava, Yellow-based Tussock Moth
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2005 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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