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Spodoptera - Spodoptera latifascia
Copyright © 2013 Peter Homann

Spodoptera - Spodoptera latifascia
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
July 2, 2013
Size: length 22mm
At outdoor light. Is this a Spodoptera latifascia or - probably less likely - a poorly marked S. ornithogalli. I find somewhat similar ones among the posts of both species.
Edit: On June 14,2016, I replaced the original image with the same photo after adjusting the background color hue that was distorted by the incandescent light near the moth due to poor white balance adjustment.
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 5 July, 2013 - 10:44am
Last updated 14 June, 2016 - 11:13am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Peter Homann, 9 July, 2013 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Velvet Armyworm Moth
Encouraged by my moth friend Fran Rutkovsky down the street, I decided that it is, in fact, Spodoptera latifascia. Will be July image for Florida.
… Peter Homann, 9 July, 2013 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

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