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Hodges#8129 - Pyrrharctia isabella
Copyright © 2012 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Hodges#8129 - Pyrrharctia isabella
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 8, 2012
Size: ws 56mm
This one should be easy! The upper legs are bright orange, and the wing span is 56mm. wings have a pattern of spots on them. The background color is a very saturated orangish brown.

Check out the orange on the underside - it is nearly fluorescent!

must be the same species as though only a trace of the orange is visible on one of the legs.

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Hodges#8129 - Pyrrharctia isabella Large moth with orange legs! - Pyrrharctia isabella Large moth with orange legs! - Pyrrharctia isabella
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 9 June, 2012 - 12:13pm
Last updated 12 November, 2018 - 12:27am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 9 June, 2012 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Isabella Tiger Moth?
… Yurika Alexander, 9 June, 2012 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Yurika!
They seem to be very widespread, however, this will be the first adult of this species for California!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 9 June, 2012 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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