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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Flower Moths (Schinia) » Schinia mitis - Hodges#11169 (Schinia mitis)
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Schinia mitis pair mating - Schinia mitis - male - female
Copyright © 2013 Mike Hill

Schinia mitis pair mating - Schinia mitis - Male Female
Seven Springs, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
June 6, 2013
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Contributed by Mike Hill on 6 June, 2013 - 12:52pm

what an awesome photo
glad to see it here! i wonder who is the boy and who is the girl?
… Edna Woodward, 6 June, 2013 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I have no idea! Having seen s
I have no idea! Having seen some images of these moths being pink too, perhaps its the lighter coloured one? ;o)
… Mike Hill, 6 June, 2013 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
its called sexual dimorphism
(hopefully i spelled it right)usually the f is bigger and the male more colorful..directly opposite of us where the girl is prettier and males are bigger and hairier! ahahahaha
… Edna Woodward, 6 June, 2013 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Some of us don't like the "ha
Some of us don't like the "hairier" bit but I know what you mean. Perhaps I need to research the difference between them.
… Mike Hill, 6 June, 2013 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Hill, 6 June, 2013 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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