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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oxyptilini » Geina » periscelidactylus or sheppardi (Geina periscelidactylus or sheppardi)
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Unknown brown dragonfly looking thing with spikes on its legs - Geina
Copyright © 2018 ned4spd8874

Unknown brown dragonfly looking thing with spikes on its legs - Geina
Homewood, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2018
Size: Less than an inch
Saw a couple of these flying around a butterfly bush that I recently planted. They are very small, not sure how many legs they have, but there are spikes on the legs.
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Contributed by ned4spd8874 on 15 June, 2018 - 10:41am
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 11:23am

Moved
Moved from Platyptiliini.
… Timothy Reichard, 19 November, 2023 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Plume Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 17 January, 2019 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Cropped your photo so we can get a better view. We should be able to place at least to genus from this photo.
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 15 June, 2018 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

perhaps a plume moth
perhaps a plume moth
… Charles Allen, 15 June, 2018 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
Yep, looks like a Himmelman's
Yep, looks like a Himmelman's Plume Moth. Thanks!
… ned4spd8874, 15 June, 2018 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

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