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Western Spotted Orbweaver,
Just outside Huntington Central Park at the Armstrong Garden Center, 2008-08-31
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I’ve been building up quite a backlog of moth species. Not to much of a surprise since they’re somewhere around 10,000 species in North America alone, so I’m going to start posting one every Monday until I run out. First up for Labor Day we have the Cabbage Webworm Moth, Hellula rogatalis, Hodges#4846:

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Idaea occidentaria – Hodges#7117
Casper’s Wilderness Park, Orange County, California, USA
June 29, 2008

Australian Tortoise Beetle Trachymela sloanei
William R. Mason Regional Park, Irvine, 2008-08-03

This is an introduced species that feeds on the equally non-native Eucalyptus tree. It’s a little bigger than a ladybug.

Halictus tripartitus
San Joaquin Wildlife sanctuary, 2008-08-10

Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus
UCI Arboretum, Irvine, California, 2008-08-11