Ratmosphere Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Found this while working today. Never saw something like this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck4th Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 A buprestid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade of Eclipse Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 That's a moth in the family Arctiidae. Most likely Utetheisa ornatrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted August 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Amazing. It looked like somebody painted a design on it. Nature is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliathus Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Atteva aurea - Ailanthus is the host tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 The really interesting thing about this moth is that it's native to the American tropics, but spread up here to the northern us on its own after the introduction of ailanthus. Being a tropical species, no part of its life cycle is capable of surviving the winter here- it has to migrate north every summer in a songbird- like fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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