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moth id for san diego county california (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter SueO
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hjalava
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To me, it looks most like Nemoria leptalea, see http://ourfcs.friendscentral.org/moths/nemoria_leptalea.htm
Surreybirder
Ken Noble
I looked at: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/36/Plate36.shtml
and gave up!
and gave up!
SueO
Well-known member
Hi Harri and Surreybirder,
Thanks for the responses and web sites. Just few green moths out there eh? Harri, the leptalea does look good. I found another that sounded good last night but I couldn’t find an image. Now I can’t find the name (I was up way too late) . I wanted to be specific because I found this moth on my property in San Diego County and I am keeping a record of the flora and fauna I find there. It is a unique spot and I am always finding something to id. I should have known I would get the usual unending list of suspects when I took the photo. Even after countless times of seeing something and thinking, “Oh, this one is so different, it should be an easy ID.”, I am still amazed at how daunting the task is at times. I will list as a tentative leptalea. I hope to connect to local specialists when I am home for good because I have lots of bugs, reptiles, mammals and plants to learn about.
Thanks again, Sue
Thanks for the responses and web sites. Just few green moths out there eh? Harri, the leptalea does look good. I found another that sounded good last night but I couldn’t find an image. Now I can’t find the name (I was up way too late) . I wanted to be specific because I found this moth on my property in San Diego County and I am keeping a record of the flora and fauna I find there. It is a unique spot and I am always finding something to id. I should have known I would get the usual unending list of suspects when I took the photo. Even after countless times of seeing something and thinking, “Oh, this one is so different, it should be an easy ID.”, I am still amazed at how daunting the task is at times. I will list as a tentative leptalea. I hope to connect to local specialists when I am home for good because I have lots of bugs, reptiles, mammals and plants to learn about.
Thanks again, Sue
