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Grape Root Borer - Hodges#2530 (Vitacea polistiformis)
Photo#682799
Copyright © 2012
Robert Lord Zimlich
Grape Root Borer Moth - Hodges #2530 -
Vitacea polistiformis
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Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 28, 2012
I passed this one over as a
P*listes
, until Betsy insisted it was ovipositing. I don't think wasps do that :) BTW a
male
looks distinctively different
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 31 July, 2012 - 5:47pm
Last updated 26 October, 2015 - 11:05am