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Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - female
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

Crescent - Phyciodes tharos - Female
Inspiration Point, Ledges State Park, Boone County, Iowa, USA
July 31, 2011
Not a very good picture but maybe sufficient for ID? gathering_2011
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 August, 2011 - 4:58pm
Last updated 9 August, 2011 - 8:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2011 - 8:56pm

a female Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos. I spent last week mostly in Utah, but maybe should have come to Iowa. Would have been fun.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 August, 2011 - 7:28pm

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