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Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) - Epimecis hortaria - female
Copyright © 2008 Daniel W Reed

Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) - Epimecis hortaria - Female
Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee, USA
April 23, 2008

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Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) - Epimecis hortaria - female Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) - Epimecis hortaria - female
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Contributed by Daniel W Reed on 8 November, 2008 - 9:43am
Last updated 28 February, 2018 - 4:19pm

John and Daniel
From what I can see it looks very much like the Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) maybe.
… Bob Moul, 8 November, 2008 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That looks right. I was way off as I so often am.
… Daniel W Reed, 8 November, 2008 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
sometimes it is so hard with these partial shots. There was one I remember where it was just a close-up of an eye and the person wanted to know what the bug was. Like solving a jig-saw puzzle from one piece.
… John R. Maxwell, 8 November, 2008 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
And....
than the other extreme......Looks like a dot in the middle of a page. :)

Thanks, John.
… Bob Moul, 8 November, 2008 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

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Do you have a shot of the whole thing?
… John R. Maxwell, 8 November, 2008 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I found a wide shot. Sorry for not posting it at first.
… Daniel W Reed, 8 November, 2008 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

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