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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Anisota » Pink-striped Oakworm - Hodges#7723 (Anisota virginiensis) » Northern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth (Anisota virginiensis virginiensis)
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Northern Pink-striped Oakworm - Anisota virginiensis - female
Copyright © 2007 Robin McLeod

Northern Pink-striped Oakworm - Anisota virginiensis - Female
Port Franks Forested Dunes, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
July 6, 2004
In deciduous woods. When Jeff Skevington picked up this moth, it let loose with a surprising amount of "nitrogenous waste" (as Jeff called it), drenching him and itself. He then laid the soaked moth on the leaf shown in the linked photo.

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Northern Pink-striped Oakworm - Anisota virginiensis - female Northern Pink-striped Oakworm - Anisota virginiensis - female
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 August, 2007 - 3:57pm

Wings
Hi, I notice that in this photograph the moth is holding the wings closed, up and back, whereas in the other photos of pink-striped oakworm the wings are more open and held flat. Is that an important identification clue in moths as it is in butterflies?
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