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Craters of the Moon (Idaho) moth - Hemileuca hera

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Butte County, Idaho, USA
August 1, 2012
Size: approx. 23 mm

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Craters of the Moon (Idaho) moth - Hemileuca hera

Craters of the Moon (Idaho) moth - Hemileuca hera

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Contributed by Todd Stefanic on 17 August, 2012 - 1:46pm
Last updated 21 August, 2012 - 9:26am

Saw this moth near Hailey 7/25/13

I was hiking on the short Greenhorn Gulch loop early morning last Thursday, 7/25/13 (or Wednesday, 8/24/1) just north of Hailey. This moth was on a tall grass inflorescence, probably Great Basin Wild Rye. Don't know if this is useful information or not. Please email if you'd like to know more....Kristin

… Kristin Fletcher, 27 July, 2013 - 7:03pm

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Moved- Hemileuca

Moved from ID Request.

This is Hemileuca hera.

… Ryan St Laurent, 17 August, 2012 - 4:03pm

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Range for this moth

Natureserve does not list Idaho in the range of this moth (although it states its distributioon "is known to be incomplete or has not been reviewed for this taxon". Is this location anything unusual?

… Todd Stefanic, 21 August, 2012 - 9:29am

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Not unusual

H. hera has been previously reported in Idaho. I have found NatureServe's distribution data rather lacking for Satuniidae.

… Ryan St Laurent, 5 September, 2012 - 7:59am

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size

Is it really nearly 5.5 inches wingspan?

… Larry de March, 17 August, 2012 - 3:34pm

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size of moth

no, my bad I made a typo - I put cm when I meant mm

… Todd Stefanic, 21 August, 2012 - 9:10am

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well

i raised elegants and they werent what i expected (small)but then i got a coloradia pandora at mylights who was bigger than any h euryalis i ever saw.. so who knows with these silkmoths..

… Edna Woodward, 18 August, 2012 - 8:33am

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Something in Hemileuca

Ryan will tell you which one.

… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2012 - 2:09pm

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