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We seem to remember Eric said Western Poplar - Pachysphinx occidentalis
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We seem to remember Eric said Western Poplar - Pachysphinx occidentalis
Santa Rita Experimental Range Station, Florida Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2013
What's hiding under its wing?? We didn't see the extra pair of legs until we looked at the picture. gathering_2013
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 August, 2013 - 8:38pm
Last updated 9 August, 2013 - 9:47pm

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little leaf footed bug hiding out.. and is that a little beetle to the left with elk antennae :)
… Maury J. Heiman, 9 August, 2013 - 9:47pm

 
beetle, perhaps...
... one of these?



Fun to speculate, but not enough detail on the beetle in the moth photo.
… Cotinis, 18 August, 2013 - 10:50am

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