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Inchworm on paper birch - Phigalia titea
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Inchworm on paper birch - Phigalia titea
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 1, 2010

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 May, 2010 - 12:21am
Last updated 2 May, 2010 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
Looks good to me! I was going to try to rear it... hmm, let's see: feed it only young leaves; overwinters as a pupa in the soil... we'll see how that goes!
… Charley Eiseman, 2 May, 2010 - 7:30pm

Something in Phigalia?
P titea, maybe, Wagner pg 166.
… john and jane balaban, 2 May, 2010 - 2:45pm

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