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Otter Spiramater - Spiramater lutra
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Otter Spiramater - Spiramater lutra
Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
September 23, 2009
Found on Leatherleaf - Chamaedaphne calyculata.

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Contributed by tom murray on 24 September, 2009 - 8:21am
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 4:55pm

Moved
Moved from Common Hyppa. Laci suggests this looks more like Spiramater than Hyppa and we agree. There would be more white under the thorax and at the posterior on Hyppa
… john and jane balaban, 7 March, 2014 - 4:49pm

Moved
Looks just like the image on page 430 of Wagner's book, only a slight bit lighter in color.
… tom murray, 24 September, 2009 - 9:41pm

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