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moth - Heterophleps triguttaria

moth - Heterophleps triguttaria
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
June 11, 2014

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Please crop/align the photo?
I agree with the Three-Spotted Fillip identification.

Patrick, the Guide could use a cropped photo showing only the moth, with the head facing straight up rather than at an angle. You can simply replace the existing photo with the edited one if you're willing to make it. The Guide does not yet have any Maine sightings.

 
Try this
It's better if you replace the original photo than to add a new one. (If I keep your new photo and send the original to Frass, all the identification comments will go with it to Frass, but those are better kept.)

See the image help page, the last question and answer at the bottom, for how to replace a photo.

Also, the new photo is exactly what I was hoping to put in the Guide. Thanks for making the extra effort.

 
After all that, I'm sorry to
After all that, I'm sorry to disappoint: this photo was actually taken in Rhode Island. I left for Maine the day after this photo was taken, and didn't get to edit the images till a long time later. All this editing made me give the photo a second look, and after comparing the date stamp to my calendar, I realized my mistake.

 
Done
Thanks for the tip.

 
Added a new crop...
But I'm not sure how to delete the original image without deleting the post. Feel free to delete it for me.

 
No problem, I'll adjust the i
No problem, I'll adjust the image and replace it.

looks like
Heterophleps triguttaria - Three-spotted Fillip - Hodges #7647


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