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Hodges #8738
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01-MAY-2010 Gillian Mastromatteo

Clover Looper moth (Caenurgina crassiuscula)
Hodges #8738

Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa

I asked a couple of fellow OFNC members to help identify this beautiful rusty-coloured moth and was surprised when I was told it was another Clover Looper moth. Apparently the unusual temperatures we've had this spring can create moths with strange colourations, and experts agreed that this is an aberrant form of Clover Looper moth.

Thanks to Diane Lepage for forwarding this image to Don Lafontaine and Louis Handfield for identification.

Sony DSC-H7
1/60s f/3.2 at 5.2mm iso100 full exif

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