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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Southern Flannel Moth - Hodges#4647 (Megalopyge opercularis) » Megalopyge bissesa (Megalopyge opercularis bissesa)
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Little Eskimo - Megalopyge opercularis
Copyright © 2007 Richard Wasson

Little Eskimo - Megalopyge opercularis
Pena Blanca Lake, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA
August 10, 2007
Size: 33 mm
Many of these little guys came to night lights. They looked like they had a big wool coat on.
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Contributed by Richard Wasson on 25 August, 2007 - 1:18pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 3:32pm

Moved
Moved from Megalopyge bissesa.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 January, 2020 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Megalopyge.
… David J. Ferguson, 31 August, 2012 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 8 February, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Probably 4647 - Megalopyge opercularis .....BUT
... 4646 - Megalopyge bissesa is similar and also found in Arizona.
… Bob Patterson, 25 August, 2007 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Megalopyge sp.
Thanks Bob. I sure could not find this little fellow, but once you pointed me in the right direction I do not know how I missed he. After looking at several diferent web site I can not be sure which he is 4646 or 4647. I will just go with Megalopyge and be happy to have gotten that far.

Richard
… Richard Wasson, 25 August, 2007 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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