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Noctuid? - Euchaetes egle
Copyright © 2014 Peter Homann

Noctuid? - Euchaetes egle
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
July 16, 2014
Size: ~19mm length
Attracted to black light. A puzzler, so plain and yet distinct with those "naked" black legs! I wished I had captured it and found out about the yellow spot at the thorax. Probably a noctuid but I simply cannot find a match. What is it?
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 18 July, 2014 - 8:48am
Last updated 27 September, 2016 - 3:21pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Peter Homann, 18 July, 2014 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an Arctiid
Possibly Euchaetes egle.
Imageshere.
… cwmelton, 18 July, 2014 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I expected a surprise.
Thank you for your suggestion! I had the gut feeling that the yellow spot on the "neck" might have been the key to the ID. You provided it, and sooner than I could have hoped for.
… Peter Homann, 18 July, 2014 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

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