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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Tropical Ermine Moths (Attevidae) » Atteva » Ailanthus Webworm Moth - Hodges#2401 (Atteva aurea)
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Beetle? - Atteva aurea
Copyright © 2009 Robert Wolfe

Beetle? - Atteva aurea
Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
September 19, 2007
Size: ~1cm
On Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
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Contributed by Robert Wolfe on 19 July, 2009 - 10:36am
Last updated 23 July, 2009 - 5:26pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 July, 2009 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Moth
Compare.
… John Stanard, 19 July, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thank you for the quick ID.

I need to learn to look more with my eyes and less with my camera, I think.
… Robert Wolfe, 19 July, 2009 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
easy mistake to make
Ermine moths do look an awful lot like beetles - I don't know if there's a survival benefit to it, or if it's just a coincidence. The caterpillars are usually drab and make large webs in the foodplant - they look even less like the adults than most lepidoptera!

My camera can pick up details that my eye can't, so I do use it whenever possible, especially if the subject is about to zoom away. Once I know what the critter is, it's even more fun to watch it in the wild!
… Abigail Parker, 19 July, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

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