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Pyritis kincaidii - female
Copyright © 2016 Libby & Rick Avis

Pyritis kincaidii - Female
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
March 31, 2013
BOLD DNA species match.
We see these regularly in spring on willows. Some are gray like this one and others are reddish brown. Will also post reddish variation which was also confirmed by BOLD.

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Pyritis kincaidii - female Pyritis kincaidii - female
Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 15 October, 2016 - 3:55pm

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