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Corn earworm or bollworm - Helicoverpa zea

Corn earworm or bollworm - Helicoverpa zea
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
October 3, 2015
The bollworm and Helicoverpa armigera are virtually indistinguishable from each other based on external morphology. I was struck by the similar pose of the H. zea that I photographed and this H. armigera:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoverpa_armigera#/media/File:Noctuidae_-_Helicoverpa_armigera.JPG

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Thank you Hendrickson!
I appreciate your kind help.

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