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Lagoa crispata, or Megalopyge? - Megalopyge crispata
Copyright © 2013 Chuck Sexton

Lagoa crispata, or Megalopyge? - Megalopyge crispata
Lake Texana SP, Jackson County, Texas, USA
June 3, 2013
I'm fairly certain this image is correctly ID-ed as Lagoa crispata but I thought I'd better check before placing it on that page. I didn't get a size measurement but the critter was probably twice the size of a nearby Monoleuca semifascia. Photographed at porchlight of restroom at Lake Texana SP; mixed oak woodland.
Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 16 June, 2013 - 11:34pm
Last updated 28 March, 2015 - 1:53am

Moved
Moved from Flannel Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 28 March, 2015 - 1:53am

Moved
Moved from Zygaenoidea.
… Kyhl Austin, 28 March, 2015 - 1:42am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2013 - 8:04pm

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