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Unknown Datana - Datana
Copyright © 2006 Jacques Doucet

Unknown Datana - Datana
Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 10, 2006
Note to Hannah -- A colleague and I think we have Datana major to match the larva you so generously identified a few days ago. Would you be so kind as to take a look at this adult. Thanks, Jacques

Note to Mr. Patterson: Your opinions carry a lot of weight. I would be grateful for your thoughts. Thanks, Jacques
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Contributed by Jacques Doucet on 10 September, 2006 - 7:10pm
Last updated 28 September, 2006 - 1:37pm

My First Opinion is......
...that you should toss about 185 lbs. of skeptical crawfish in the pan on the other side of the balance. Cook them, not me :-))

Your photo matches fairly well another worn moth photo by Randy Newman in North Carolina. I think he got his ID from someone who really is an expert. I'd be comfortable piggybacking on that ID. If I had to decide without such a crutch I couldn't get beyond Datana sp.
… Bob Patterson, 10 September, 2006 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Laughing, Laughing
162 lbs. would be more precise. Come on down and let's stew up an etouffee and a couple of stuffed merlitons.
… Jacques Doucet, 10 September, 2006 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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