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Bentsen Xmas Utethesia - Utetheisa ornatrix
Copyright © 2008 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Joshua S. Rose Ph.D.

Bentsen Xmas Utethesia - Utetheisa ornatrix
World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
December 25, 2008
A colleague and I wandered out into the reveg (short for revegetation) fields to reprimand someone who was letting their dog run out there unleashed. Afterwards I spotted this critter in flight, followed it to a perch, and took this photo.
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 16 July, 2009 - 8:12am

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