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looper? - Paleacrita vernata
Copyright © 2015 ophis

looper? - Paleacrita vernata
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2015
Size: 5.1 mm
On defoliated crabapple with dozens of winter moth caterpillars. Larger image.
Contributed by ophis on 6 June, 2015 - 6:41am
Last updated 6 September, 2018 - 11:16am

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths. Seems to fit the description here well, though a very dark individual.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2018 - 11:16am

 
species
always nice to get an ID
… ophis, 7 September, 2018 - 5:15am

looks like
… ophis, 6 June, 2015 - 6:42am

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