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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Moths</title>
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		<title>Echo Moth</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/echo-moth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Tiger Moths and Arctiids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a tiger moth?
November 6, 2009
My friends and I discovered this beautifully colored moth on a handrail outside of my school. We couldn&#8217;t find anything quite like this bug on the internet. My school is located next to a nature reserve if that helps any.
Marina D.
Miami, Florida
Hi Marina,
You are correct in speculating that this [...]


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		<title>Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth from the Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/spotted-oleander-caterpillar-moth-from-the-caribbean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please identify this winged creature
November 1, 2009
Found this bug outside my door, while in med school in St,Maarten
Dmitry
St.Maarten, Carribean
Hi Dmitry,
This is a Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth, Empyreuma affinis.  It is native to the Caribbean and has been introduced to Florida.





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		<title>Leaf Skeletonizer Moth on Euonymus</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/sawfly-on-euonymus-we-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/sawfly-on-euonymus-we-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Exotics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is this Orange, Yellow, Black bug?
October 31, 2009
Flying insect found in Anne Arundel County, MD. Size =0.75 inch. Wing span compact (delta shape) about 1.25 inches when extended. Dark wing veins. Head and feet black. Abdomen yellow/orange and appears &#8220;fuzzy&#8221;.
Currently swarming. Swarms appear to be mating and are found on top branches of euonymus [...]


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		<title>Tersa Sphinx</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/tersa-sphinx-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moth at the beach
October 30, 2009
Saw this moth at a rental house while at the beach. It hung out a few days so we decided to snap a picture
The Fairchild&#8217;s
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Dear Fairchilds,
This is a Tersa Sphinx.  We just posted a few photos of its caterpillar, so it is nice to have the adult moth [...]


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		<title>Melonworm Moth</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/23/melonworm-moth-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this guy landed on my brothers desk at work
October 22, 2009
this guy landed this past monday october 20th 2009 on my brothers desk at work in plano tx. it sat there wiggling its tail side to side.
kris
plano tx
Hi Kris,
With its distinctive wings and tufted abdomen, it is not likely that the Melonworm Moth, Diaphania hyalinata, [...]


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		<title>Bagworm Moth from the Swiss Alps</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/homopteran-from-the-alps-black-woolly-aphid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/homopteran-from-the-alps-black-woolly-aphid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuzzy Black bug from the Alps
October 19, 2009
I have always wondered what this bug is. My husband and I encountered it a few years ago when we were hiking in the mountains in Switzerland. We were taking a lunch break just above the tree line and this little guy just floated onto my arm and [...]


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		<title>Hummingbird Moth from Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/14/hummingbird-moth-from-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green moth found in Japan
October 13, 2009
Hello!
My friend took a photo of this lovely moth in Tokyo, mid-October, near her apartment. I&#8217;ve been trying to find out exactly what it is, and I think it may be a Cephonodes species, but I&#8217;m unsure exactly what. If you could help give an exact ID that would [...]


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		<title>Tiger Moth from Ecuador:  Idalus species</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/unknown-tiger-moth-from-ecuador/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/unknown-tiger-moth-from-ecuador/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tiger Moths and Arctiids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[moth identification
October 11, 2009
This photo was taken in Ecuador in the cloud forest, I would really like to know what kind of moth it is.
Thais
Ecuador, Nanegal
Hi Thais,
We will contact lepidopterist, Julian Donahue, an expert in the Arctiids, to see if he can provide the species name for this beautiful Tiger Moth.
Identification by Julian Donahue
It&#8217;s a [...]


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		<title>Geometrid Moth:  Barberry Looper???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/geometrid-moth-barberry-looper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/11/geometrid-moth-barberry-looper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geometrid Moths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a Four Spotted Fungus Moth?
October 10, 2009
Hello Bugman!
This little fella spread himself out all comfy and cozy on my dresser!
Is this a Four Spotted Fungus Moth?
And if it isn&#8217;t &#8211; do you know what it is?
Thanks in advance for your assistance, Kristina
Raleigh, North Carolina &#8211; Kristina&#8217;s Dresser
Hi Kristina,
This is not a Four Spotted [...]


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		<title>Squash Vine Borer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/08/squash-vine-borer-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terrifying Orange Hornet(?)
October 8, 2009
Hi Bugman-
I spotted two of these orange flyers today in my backyard garden in Austin, Texas. They were buzzing around my zucchini plant(hopefully pollinating it in the process). They seemed a lot more interested in the plant than in me, yet due to my wildly irrational fear of stinging insects, I [...]


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