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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Macronoctua » Iris Borer - Hodges#9452 (Macronoctua onusta)
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Noctuidae, Iris Borer - Macronoctua onusta
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Noctuidae, Iris Borer - Macronoctua onusta
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 20, 2009
July 19, 2009: when digging iris, Sylvia found these borers and brought them over.
September 18, 19, 2009: adults emerged
Batch rearing
In this case I just couldn't let the adults go free.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 15 February, 2014 - 12:28pm
Last updated 16 February, 2019 - 7:55pm

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