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Photo#578073
Is this a Looper Moth? Help! - Papaipema cerussata

Is this a Looper Moth? Help! - Papaipema cerussata
Fremont, Sandusky County, NW Ohio County, Ohio, USA
September 18, 2011
Size: 1" long
Here's a closer shot

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Is this a Looper Moth? Help! - Papaipema cerussata Is this a Looper Moth? Help! - Papaipema cerussata

Moved
Moved from Borer Moths.

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Moved from ID Request.

Borer Moth – Papaipema sp
may be difficult from these photos.

 
Borer Moth
Thanks for the ID. It must be one. Very sluggish, just like the behavior descriptions. I actually gently touched it a few times to make it move, then fly away. Easy to photograph, though. Robert

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