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Spotted Tussock Moth - Hodges#8214 (Lophocampa maculata)
Photo#229636
Copyright © 2008
Andrew Reding
spotted tussock moth -
Lophocampa maculata
Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA
September 28, 2008
Note the white hairs on the black ends, and the black spots on the rusty midsection.
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Contributed by
Andrew Reding
on 29 September, 2008 - 12:53am
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 3:40pm
I am very much interested in
I am very much interested in this photo and would like to get some additional information for a research project I am doing on this species. Please contact me by email. I will be happy to provide details of my research. Use the email address given or kgs@lclark.edu.
Thanks.
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ken strothkamp
, 22 September, 2009 - 12:36pm
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Spotted Tussock
They're very common, but indeed not the same 'ol Isabella Tiger. This is the Spotted Tussock (Lophocampa maculata), another Tiger moth but with different qualities. Some people say if it is female, the spines will irritate - But I've yet to feel such a thing with these little guys.
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Illia-Shaundra Chavez
, 29 September, 2008 - 7:06am
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