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moth - Melipotis acontioides
Copyright © 2017 dvoribird

moth - Melipotis acontioides
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
January 3, 2017
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Contributed by dvoribird on 12 January, 2017 - 7:58am
Last updated 2 May, 2017 - 4:17pm

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Changed my mind. Not a very good image but there were not many of these plain ones posted. I have seen a lot of them recently - not the usual look.
… A. Hendrickson, 2 May, 2017 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

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I'm afraid this is all I got,
I'm afraid this is all I got, and I didn't really expect it to be identified because of the terrible photo. I just use a pocket camera that may or may not focus depending on its mood.
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