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Salt Marsh Moth - Hodges#8131 (Estigmene acrea)
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Copyright © 2017
s. eberhart
Salt Marsh Moth -
Estigmene acrea
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Midland County, Texas, USA
March 30, 2017
I was fascinated watching this moth!
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Contributed by
s. eberhart
on 1 April, 2017 - 2:17pm
From the Info page
" Males (yellow hindwing) have inflatable appendages called coremata that will extend from the abdomen when gently squeezed."
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john and jane balaban
, 1 April, 2017 - 3:01pm
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Nice example image
I think that this image should be added to the info page, in that section. I'm going to do that now.
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Bob Biagi
, 1 April, 2017 - 3:21pm
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Estigmene acrea (male)
Moved from
Butterflies and Moths
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NICE!!
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William Edwards
, 1 April, 2017 - 2:42pm
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Wow!
William, can you tell us anything about his enlarged tails? I haven't seen this before. Do you think that this could be a plant-part. I wonder if this could be a pupal development mutation, but I'm just speculating.
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Bob Biagi
, 1 April, 2017 - 2:48pm
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Coremata or Hair-Pencils
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3242
Note the
Remarks
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Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair-pencil
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William Edwards
, 1 April, 2017 - 3:01pm
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