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Giant Leopard Moth - Hodges#8146 (Hypercompe scribonia)
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Copyright © 2006
john and jane balaban
Giant Leopard Moth -
Hypercompe scribonia
Nazareth Farm, Center Point, Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
June 30, 2006
We spent a week in West Virginia and only photographed one insect! Sorry Stephen. Those Naz Farm folks kept us hopping!
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Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 16 July, 2006 - 2:47pm
Leopard Moth
I'm so excited to find this picture. I took a pic of one in Newark, Delaware and have been trying to find it on this site. Thank you sooo much! This is the first time I ever saw one. What a beautiful moth!
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Charis Williams
, 20 June, 2015 - 7:29pm
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giant leopard moth
One entered our house in Vigo County, Indiana, 5/28/2012, and I photographed it. Thanks bugguide.net for the quick ID. Afterwards I could find it in Covell's guide.
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Peter Scott
, 28 May, 2012 - 9:51pm
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saw my first one
in Shawano County, WI this morning amongst 30 Rosy Maple moths. This is a striking black on white dotted moth. Wish I could see the abdomen and the irridescent blue spots!
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WImothlady
, 28 May, 2012 - 12:07pm
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Leopard Moth Ft. Worth
I found one on my Fort Worth Texas doorstep this past week, with the end of the wings damaged. I picked it up thinking it was dead, but she moved her legs a bit so I put her in a ceramic tray off the ground. She laid some blue eggs in the tray that I found this morning.
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SarahS
, 16 May, 2010 - 9:28am
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i found 10 of these moths on
i found 10 of these moths on my front door and 4 on my back door. I have lived here my whole life and have never seen these moths... last night when my husband and i were watchin tv we could hear bugs hittin the house by the lights but i wasn't expecting to see these big moths... we thought it was junebugs... but what r they and where do they come from cause like i said i have never seen these before... how do i post pics of them on here? or where can i look to find out info on them cause my youngest son & i are so scared of moths...
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Mandy Paschall
, 21 March, 2011 - 2:12pm
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Found one in Catawba County
I found this moth on the front steps of Wesley Chapel UMC near Newton, NC. I put in my bug box to be identified at school. Only one like this I have ever seen.
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Angela Detter
, 12 July, 2011 - 3:20pm
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