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Depressariidae, larva on Queen Anne's Lace, on the move - Depressaria depressana
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Depressariidae, larva on Queen Anne's Lace, on the move - Depressaria depressana
Jefferson County Park, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2018
July 24, 2018: M. Hayne collected flower weavings while on a public prairie hike during Moth Week
Other larvae:

July 29, 2018: on/before, while adding fresh host plant there was an adult moth in the jar. Adults continued to emerge over the course of the next 2 weeks.


Batch rearing
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 16 August, 2018 - 7:17am

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