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Salt Marsh Moth - Hodges#8131 (Estigmene acrea)
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Copyright © 2008
Ron Hemberger
Fuzzy capertiller (Well, that's how my grandson pronounces it) -
Estigmene acrea
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
December 14, 2008
On encila
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Contributed by
Ron Hemberger
on 17 December, 2008 - 1:12pm
Last updated 18 December, 2008 - 5:30pm
A suggestion...
Look through Salt Marsh Moth caterpillars {i](Estigmene acrea)[/i]...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3242/bgimage
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Ron M.
, 17 December, 2008 - 3:10pm
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Looks good, Ron
Found at a fresh water marsh, not too far from ocean.
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Ron Hemberger
, 17 December, 2008 - 8:03pm
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BTW, this cat is a teacher.
It's at a local nature center, thrilling kids as it works on its cocoon. Hopefully, we'll have an adult moth photo at some future date.
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Ron Hemberger
, 18 December, 2008 - 5:30pm
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Keep us updated :)
It would be interesting to see if I was even close with my suggestion :)
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Ron M.
, 19 December, 2008 - 5:03am
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