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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Coloradia » Pandora Moth - Hodges#7724 (Coloradia pandora) » Coloradia pandora pandora
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second image - Coloradia pandora - female
Copyright © 2010 Russel Law

second image - Coloradia pandora - Female
reno/lake tahoe, Reno County, Nevada, USA
August 25, 2010
Size: 3in
Found between reno and lake tahoe

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second image - Coloradia pandora - female second image - Coloradia pandora - female
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Contributed by bobwburns on 3 September, 2010 - 5:04am
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 1:27am

Moved
Moved from Pandora Moth.
… David J. Ferguson, 15 December, 2011 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths.
… Bill Reynolds, 30 November, 2011 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2010 - 3:26pm login or register to post comments

How about...
Pandora Moth (Coloradia pandora)?



If that's correct (wait for a second opinion), it would be BugGuide's first record for Nevada.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 September, 2010 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks but
I checked hundreds of Pandora Moth larva on the internet but none really matched. Especially the wings and wing spot color. And the spikes
http://www.invasive.org/images/768x512/1241618.jpg
… bobwburns, 3 September, 2010 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
That because yours is not a larva.
It's a newly emerged adult whose wings have not yet fully expanded. Compare your photo to the thumbnail I provided (you can click to enlarge it). They're virtually identical.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 September, 2010 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, it looks like a Pand
I agree, it looks like a Pandora Moth to me as well.
… Gordon C. Snelling, 4 September, 2010 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

 
I see
Thought your picture was my picture - thanks. My bad.
… bobwburns, 4 September, 2010 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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