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Acronicta - Acronicta americana

West Farm, Turtle Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
July 12, 2015

I think this is a different species from the two Ann posted.

Contributed by John Schneider on 25 July, 2015 - 1:45am
Last updated 23 December, 2017 - 2:04am

Moved

Moved from Dagger Moths.

… Kyhl Austin, 23 December, 2017 - 2:04am

Looks like A. americana

All lines and spots match up. What do you think?

… Valerie G. Bugh, 7 January, 2016 - 10:31am

Thanks, Ann. I don't remember

Thanks, Ann. I don't remember if it was this tan or not. I use Picasa, and I just select the sheet to be the "neutral" color.

I posted some more of this same image. Images 2 and 3 are with a couple different parts of the sheet selected as the neutral. Image 4 is nudged toward the cool side. Let me know which you like best, and I'll replace the first image with that one and delete the rest.

… John Schneider, 25 July, 2015 - 1:47pm

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Hi John, I think yours is the same species. Take a look at Bob Patteron's photo of 9200 on MPG. Your specimen has a larger reniform spot than mine and I like it better, but the color is off. Can you "gray up" this photograph? OR was it really tan?

… A. Hendrickson, 25 July, 2015 - 1:32pm

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