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Adela septentrionella

Adela septentrionella
Mosier, Scenic Highway, Twin Tunnels, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
May 9, 2006
This tiny moth has antennae several times longer than its body length. Today there were hundreds, if not thousands, of these moths doing their "fairy dance flight". They were using many different kinds of plants as "landing spots" for the dance, Columbia desert parsely, poison oak, Garry oak, ocean spray, big leaf maple, among others. Very fun to watch.

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