Friday, August 17, 2007

Can you identify this moth?

Photographed at about 7000' in the red-fir forest along Iron Mountain Road, this appears to be a Large Lace Border (Scopula limboundata), but it is confusingly similar to a Plain Wave (Idaea straminata). To see a larger image, click on the image.

To see other recent butterfly photos from El Dorado County, go to the Butterfly Gallery on Floralore.com.

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