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Photo#4368
Four-spotted Owlfly - Ululodes quadripunctatus - female

Four-spotted Owlfly - Ululodes quadripunctatus - Female
Guess Road at Lowell, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 22, 2004
Size: 26 mm
Detail showing grooved eyes. Found at light on June 23. Captured, chilled, and posed for this photo.
Image updated 8/9/17.

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#4368 Identification -- Ululodes quadripunctatus (female)
This is the owlfly Ululodes quadripunctatus (Burmeister, 1839). The name "Ululodes quadrimaculatus", while a synonym of U. quadripunctatus, is incorrect under the rules of nomeclature.

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