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Black Witch - Hodges#8649 (Ascalapha odorata)
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Copyright © 2012
metrioptera
Ascalapha odorata
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Wells, York County, Maine, USA
June 9, 2012
Size: wingspan 14 cm
Seeing this near a store light was a complete shock for me! I had only previously observed them in Hawaii. It must have come up with all the storms we have had recently.
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Contributed by
metrioptera
on 9 June, 2012 - 4:31pm
June 9 is *way* early for Maine...
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See prior records here:
Compilation of Early Northern Black Witch Moth Records
This is the only other Maine record I know of:
Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME, August 5, 2002
But there should be a few other ME records tucked away somewhere as there are at least three (3) for Nova Scotia and two (2) for Newfoundland...
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Mike Quinn
, 18 June, 2012 - 5:20pm
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