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Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea - female
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea - Female
Parson's Run, Duluth, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
July 19, 2004
Attracted to a mercury vapor lamp. Some thoracic scales appear to have been lost.
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Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea - female Saddleback Caterpillar Moth - Acharia stimulea - female
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 September, 2004 - 12:57am

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