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Beutenmueller's Slug Moth - Hodges#4675 (Isochaetes beutenmuelleri)
Photo#135756
Copyright © 2007
StevenBren
Heavily Scaled Moth -
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
August 11, 2007
Size: 11 mm
This fellow was beside a pile of frass on the top of a leaf, and was VERY hard to mentally resolve as a moth. Great camo!
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Contributed by
StevenBren
on 11 August, 2007 - 10:09am
Last updated 29 August, 2007 - 6:11pm
4675 -- Spun Glass Slug Moth -- Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
typical posture
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Bob Patterson
, 12 August, 2007 - 8:59am
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Thanks
Bob. I should have known that it was one of the slug moths because I am always looking for the caterpillars. The adults all seem to have a gnarly appearance like this or something similar.
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StevenBren
, 12 August, 2007 - 9:10am
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