Salt Marsh Moth Estigmene acrea (8131)



Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae

Ain't no salt marshes 'round here. Don't ask me how this moth got its name. According to Covell the larva feed on apple trees, cabbage, clover, corn, cotton, peas, potato, tobacco and other plants. Hey, it's a great looking moth.




20 April 2004; Knox County, TN; male





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