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  1. Donna S

    Donna S Hardy Maple

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    Donna S, Nov 6, 2011
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Your bug is a Atteva aurea. He will be a moth one day. Very beautiful buggy.

    Barb in Pa.
     
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    Isn't that just amazing colour and markings,..i never spotted one before,..well done Donna.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    What a handsome insect your Ailanthus Webworm Moth/Atteva aurea (as Barb rightly said) is Donna. Here's what he looks like when he opens his wings:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Never would have guessed it to be a moth. Thanks for the info and the picture.
     
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    waretrop Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    They are a new world bugger, I think. :sete_011:

    Barb in Pa.
     
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    Wow... just as pretty afterwards as it is "before"!
     
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    I think I need to put the photo in my garden. Our bugs aren't that colourful. :D
     
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