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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Carmenta » Carmenta giliae - Hodges#2599 (Carmenta giliae)
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Moth - wasp mimic - Carmenta giliae
Copyright © 2014 Ann and Rob Simpson

Moth - wasp mimic - Carmenta giliae
Mount Washburn, 10, 243 feet elevation, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
August 15, 2014
Moth - wasp mimic YELLD3BG_2426.CR2
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Contributed by Ann and Rob Simpson on 7 December, 2014 - 8:18pm
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 9:59am

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… Peter Edelman, 8 December, 2014 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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MOTH ID
This is Carmenta giliae.
… William H. Taft, 8 December, 2014 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks William
Any neat natural history information that you might know about this species - what does it mimic etc?
… Ann and Rob Simpson, 8 December, 2014 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

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