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Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalophora cecropia
Cecropia Silkmoth (robin Moth) 		Photographer: Kendra Olcott

ID: 0000 0000 1108 0752 (2008-11-12)

Copyright © 2008 Kendra Olcott
 
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  • date of photo  Aug 2008
  • location   West Beaver Creek (Elko County, Nevada, US)
  • family Saturniidae
  • order Lepidoptera
  • class Insecta
  • habitat  Fruit trees, willow
  • notes   Truly massive (4 plus inches) bearing spines on its back. This caterpillar was clinging onto a small willow branch along the creek in extreme northeastern Nevada.
  • camera   Canon
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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  • common names   Cecropia Silkmoth (robin Moth) (photographer)
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