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Moth with black socks - Megalopyge opercularis - male

Moth with black socks - Megalopyge opercularis - Male
Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, USA
June 4, 2018
This was an ornate yellow and brown moth with large feathery antennae. He had a very fury appearing head and thorax and legs. He had a ball of yellow fur just above his anal angle. The upper part of his legs was white and the lower part black. His forewings were more brownish closer to his head and lighter yellow closer to his outer border. He had white fringe..

Megalopyge opercularis
Moved from ID Request.

Megalopyge
Megalopyge spp

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