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Purple moth - Hypsopygia olinalis

Purple moth - Hypsopygia olinalis
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
August 12, 2006
Showed up in force. Beautiful when freshly emerged then fading rapidly to a dull grey-brown sheen.

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