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Daytime Moth - Desmia
Copyright © 2010 WanderingMogwai

Daytime Moth - Desmia
Jacob Riis Park, Queens, NYC, Queens County, New York, USA
June 22, 2010
Size: ~2 cm
I tried for two bugging expeditions to get a shot of one of these. They flit just out of range in the scrub at Jacob Riis Park. I thought they were elusive until I came across a whole slew of them on several Milkweed Blooms in the early morning shade of a tree. This single one I was so proud to get a shot of was on a 'dune rose' flower...
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Contributed by WanderingMogwai on 25 June, 2010 - 2:31am
Last updated 29 June, 2010 - 11:39am

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Moth
Grape Leaf Folder, maybe?
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