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Wasp mimic moth - Ctenucha
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Wasp mimic moth - Ctenucha
Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area, Oregon, USA
July 31, 2010
Many of these attractive moths were in a roadside meadow by theDean Creek Elk Viewing Area near the Oregon coast.
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Contributed by appletree on 8 August, 2010 - 4:36pm
Last updated 6 September, 2011 - 5:49pm

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… john and jane balaban, 29 August, 2010 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Ctenucha, but we don't know how to tell
those red shouldered ones apart. See here. And how were the elk or the kites there in Reedsport?
… john and jane balaban, 8 August, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Elk in Reedsport, OR
Thanks for the ID. Didn’t see any kites but I did see plenty of elk. Here is a link to my flickr set of the best of my photos from our Oregon Fly-Drive, including my best few elk photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/appletreepics/sets/72157624685012636/

I will send separately a photo of a similar moth that I shot here in Cincinnati a few days ago.

Mark
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