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Copulating clearwing moths - Alcathoe caudata - male - female
Copyright © 2009 rvalk

Copulating clearwing moths - Alcathoe caudata - Male Female
Chattahoochee River Park (Johnson Ferry North), Cobb, GA County, Georgia, USA
June 14, 2009
One of the more interesting finds I made while searching along the woods last night.
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Contributed by rvalk on 16 June, 2009 - 9:50pm
Last updated 25 April, 2011 - 6:25am

Him from Her
The larger (left) of the pair is the female. Notice the black tufts on her hindmost legs. His are brownish with red. These are distinctive. His tubular anal process is curved upward and over his back. Relative to him, her abdomen in huge, swollen with eggs. Coloration is not always so clear cut, she is much the darker of the two.
… Bob Patterson, 17 June, 2009 - 2:24am login or register to post comments

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