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Black butterfly with white spots and wooly legs - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2009 Robert Wolfe

Black butterfly with white spots and wooly legs - Alypia octomaculata
Village of Rio Grande, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
July 7, 2008
on buttonbush
Contributed by Robert Wolfe on 8 July, 2009 - 9:06pm
Last updated 24 July, 2009 - 12:02am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 July, 2009 - 12:02am

Alypia octomaculata
Eight spotted forester?
… Joe Zito, 8 July, 2009 - 9:43pm

 
Thanks
Thank you for the ID.
… Robert Wolfe, 11 July, 2009 - 9:15pm

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