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Somber Carpet - Hodges#7417 (Disclisioprocta stellata)
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Copyright © 2009
Chris Mallory
Dark geometrid -
Disclisioprocta stellata
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 2, 2009
Size: 35mm wingspan
Somber carpet? Very different than the last one I posted, if thats what it is.
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Contributed by
Chris Mallory
on 3 June, 2009 - 12:19am
Last updated 22 June, 2009 - 7:40pm
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Jason D. Roberts
, 22 June, 2009 - 7:40pm
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That's What It Is...........
Your earlier photos was of a lighter form and quite worn. This is a fresh, dark one. If you look at the
Species Page at MPG
you will see two photos by Machele White from her yard in Florida, one is of a very two-toned light specimen, the other of a dark, almost black specimen. You can find them in virtually every shade between the extremes.
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Bob Patterson
, 3 June, 2009 - 12:54am
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Thanks Bob
I remember that I was very excited to find this geometrid last night (it seems all I ever run into anymore are Noctuids, so anything outside of that family is enough to get excited over), but the more time I spent with it, the more I started to suspect it was just a darker form of a familiar species. A very pretty moth nonetheless.
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Chris Mallory
, 3 June, 2009 - 9:08pm
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