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31-JUL-2009

Calleta Silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta)

Adult female Calleta Silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta) from southeastern Arizona.
Males are diurnal, flying in the late morning hours of July and August in search of females. The females are night fliers.
They are found in desert mountain thorn scrub inhabited by its larval hostplants, Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) and/or Mexican jumping bean (Sapium biloculare).
E. calleta ranges from southern Texas to southern Arizona in the U.S. It also occurs throughout Mexico and as far south as Honduras.

Canon EOS 50D
1/100s f/7.1 at 50.0mm iso640 full exif

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Ashley Hockenberry26-Oct-2010 13:57
Stunning !
Patrick Luft05-Aug-2009 07:45
That's a beauty. Excellent composition.