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Unidentified Plagodis in Alabama
Unidentified Plagodis in Alabama
Chelsea, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
March 27, 2024
Is this Plagodis phlogosaria or Plagodis fervidaria or something else?

Neoplea striola
Neoplea striola
Cannon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
March 15, 2024
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Neoplea striola
Neoplea striola
Cannon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA
March 15, 2024
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Collected from a nearby pond

Salvinia Stem-borer(Samea multiplicalis) or Assembly(Samea ecclesialis) ?
Salvinia Stem-borer(Samea multiplicalis) or Assembly(Samea ecclesialis) ?
Brevard County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2024
Size: 15 mm
Salvinia Stem-borer(Samea multiplicalis) or Assembly(Samea ecclesialis) ?
I'm having a hard time telling these 2 apart.
Is there some distinguishing characteristic I'm missing that differentiates the two?

Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Glynn County, Georgia, USA
March 13, 2024

Egira hiemalis
Egira hiemalis
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, California, USA
April 26, 2020
~7100' elevation, Rattlesnake Grade.

Morrisonia mucens
Morrisonia mucens
Glynn County, Georgia, USA
March 13, 2024

Caterpillar
Caterpillar
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2024
Size: .375 in.
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
I brought an oak leaf with its end curled up, in a petri dish. Three days later this caterpillar showed up.

Caterpillar
Caterpillar
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
March 27, 2024
Size: .375 in.
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
I brought an oak leaf with its end curled up, in a petri dish. Three days later this caterpillar showed up.

Male Blue Dasher with Red Eyes?
Male Blue Dasher with Red Eyes?
Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA
March 14, 2024
The abdomen and thorax of this match a male Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) but the eyes are red. I'm curious if this is normal, and if so, if my ID (including gender) is correct.

 
 
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