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Cat - Dasychira meridionalis
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

Cat - Dasychira meridionalis
Venetian Garden's, Leesburg,, Lake County, Florida, USA
August 7, 2005
Need help with this one. Found near large lake on a Live Oak.
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Contributed by Machele White on 9 August, 2005 - 9:41am
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 12:22pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-based Tussock Moth.
… john and jane balaban, 25 December, 2008 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

numerous clubbed black setae
wagner pg 444, so we'll move this to meridionalis
… john and jane balaban, 25 December, 2008 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Tussock
Now that we look closely, we see the obvious tussocks, The two tufts on each end, front and back say Dasychira. Your image is almost a duplicate of one in the new Wagner (1) page 444, Dasychira basiflava, Yellow-based Tussock Moth
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2005 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for your response.
… Machele White, 3 September, 2005 - 5:50am login or register to post comments

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