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Periodical Cicada and Giant Leopard Moth

Posted by May 29th, 2011 at 1:25 pm

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Cicadas, Tiger Moths and Arctiids

What is this bug
Location: Nashville, TN
May 27, 2011 2:34 pm
It’s black and white, but I have never seen it before. All the research I have done has turned up with nothing… Found around the nashville, TN area a couple days ago (May)
Signature: -Andrew

cicada tiger moth andrew 300x229 Periodical Cicada and Giant Leopard Moth

Giant Leopard Moth (right) and Periodical Cicada

Dear Andrew,
We love your photo documenting a Giant Leopard Moth or Eyed Tiger Moth,
Hypercompe scribonia. side by side with a Periodical Cicada, a member of the Brood XIX of the 13 Year Cicada.

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