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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Vitacea » Lesser Grape Root Borer - Hodges#2531 (Vitacea scepsiformis)
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Red Paper Wasp mimic Clearwing Moth - Vitacea scepsiformis
Copyright © 2017 Stephen Durrenberger

Red Paper Wasp mimic Clearwing Moth - Vitacea scepsiformis
Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, USA
October 5, 2017
Another view. It was such a good mimic of a Red Paper Wasp that I hesitated to lean in with my macro lens to photograph it, until I saw it flying! Amazing mimicry!

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Contributed by Stephen Durrenberger on 7 October, 2017 - 5:38pm
Last updated 8 October, 2017 - 7:10pm

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