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Illinois  Data Point - Lineodes integra

Illinois Data Point - Lineodes integra
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
August 4, 2010
Attracted to garage light.

This is actually a female sco
This is actually a female scorpionfly. :)

 
I had never connected it as mimicry.
I can see how the shape could throw you off. But moths have scales on their wings rather than translucent membranes for starters. The differences just keep adding up from there on out. :)


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