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Spiny Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7716 (Anisota stigma)
Photo#542592
Copyright © 2011
Lynellen Perry
Oakworm moth -
Anisota stigma
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Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
July 7, 2011
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Contributed by
Lynellen Perry
on 9 July, 2011 - 6:42am
Last updated 28 July, 2011 - 1:58am
Moved
Moved from
Orange-tipped oakworm moth
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 28 July, 2011 - 1:59am
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Anisota
That one looke more like a male
A. stigma
than it does
A. senatoria
.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 9 July, 2011 - 12:02pm
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Ok, Ryan. I (a total amateur
Ok, Ryan. I (a total amateur) can hardly tell the difference between the senatoria and the stigma. I'm not devoted to it being one or the other... I mostly labeled it a senatoria because it showed up a day after the female senatoria on my deck.
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Lynellen Perry
, 10 July, 2011 - 7:06pm
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I'm no expert...
I too have trouble differentiating the two species as adults, in fact just the other day I had to ask someone much more knowledgeable than I if an
Anisota sp.
I had found was in fact
A. senatoria
like I thought and not
A. stigma
.
But based on the shape of this one’s wings and the body/wing ratio I assume this one is a male, and male
A. stigma
look quite different than male
A. senatoria
(it's the females of the two species that I have trouble with). Your ID is close, indeed, but I just wanted to add my two cents based on my above observations.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 10 July, 2011 - 9:17pm
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