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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Southern Flannel Moth - Hodges#4647 (Megalopyge opercularis) » Megalopyge bissesa (Megalopyge opercularis bissesa)
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Moth, dorsal - Megalopyge opercularis - male
Copyright © 2016 Edward L. Ruden

Moth, dorsal - Megalopyge opercularis - Male
Pena Blanca Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2013
Size: 30 mm wing span
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This moth was attracted to an illuminated white sheet at night near Pena Blanca Lake during Bugguide Gathering 2013.

This image is from a CombineZP processed stack of 70 images with a 169 µm step taken with a Nikon 200mm F/4 AF-D ED-IF Micro Nikkor macro set to F/4 + Nikon D810 camera.
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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 17 January, 2016 - 9:59pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from Megalopyge bissesa.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 January, 2020 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

This seems like it should be Arizona
rather than British Columbia??
… john and jane balaban, 15 July, 2016 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, indeed, AZ
Mouse slip. B is next to A on the pull down menu. Thanks.
… Edward L. Ruden, 15 July, 2016 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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