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Synanthedon pyrior, Carmenta bassiformis; or something else? - Carmenta bassiformis - male - female
Copyright © 2018 Stephen E Leitkam

Synanthedon pyrior, Carmenta bassiformis; or something else? - Carmenta bassiformis - Male Female
Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 19, 2018
Size: ~0.75 inch (19 mm)
The female in this image had landed and presented herself on the leaf of a wingstem plant (Verbesina alternifolia) around 1:00 PM. Approximately ten minutes later I noticed she'd hooked up with the male.

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Synanthedon pyrior, Carmenta bassiformis; or something else? - Carmenta bassiformis - female Synanthedon pyrior, Carmenta bassiformis; or something else? - Carmenta bassiformis - female Synanthedon pyrior, Carmenta bassiformis; or something else? - Carmenta bassiformis - male - female
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Contributed by Stephen E Leitkam on 21 June, 2018 - 7:40pm
Last updated 22 June, 2018 - 7:56am

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Moved from Clearwing Moths.
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Moth ID
Carmenta bassiformis (ironweed borer).
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