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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Chrysauginae » Galasa » Boxwood Leaftier - Hodges#5552 (Galasa nigrinodis)
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Galasa nigrinodis
Copyright © 2007 Sharon Cates

Galasa nigrinodis
Fairfield, Ohio, USA
June 26, 2007

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Contributed by Sharon Cates on 27 June, 2007 - 4:17am
Last updated 27 June, 2007 - 11:18am

mimic
I am told by a moth specialist that this Pyralid species mimics an assassin bug, right down to the slow, deliberate walk.
… Andy Hamilton, 27 June, 2007 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

mimic
I am told by a moth specialist that this species mimics an assassin bug, right down to the slow, deliberate walk.
… Andy Hamilton, 27 June, 2007 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

 
I
mistaked it for a leaf footed bug until I got the pics downloaded onto the computer and could see that it was a moth. It did walk slowly and carefully so I can definately see what you are saying...Thank you for answering my unasked question :) I was wondering what the value of mimicing a leaf footed bug was but if it is actually an assasin bug mimic than that makes more sense
… Sharon Cates, 27 June, 2007 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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