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pilonm
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:46 am   Post subject: Unknown moth to identify...


Hello,

Here is another unkown moth photographied within our cedar hedge in Sherbrooke, Quebec (near Vermont) last July...

Any idea about the family, genum and specied???

Thank you very much in advance!

Michel
Canada






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glendann

Texas
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:29 am   Post subject:


It a hummingbird moth.I have one on here kind of like it and some have a beak like snout.


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redrose

Michigan
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:10 pm   Post subject:


Glad you've found out what kind it is, pilonm! Can't say as that I'm a big fan of moths, but that's a great shot of it! It's kind of pretty, really.


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glasfryn

west Wales UK
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:24 pm   Post subject:


Strange this as this little moth has come to my attention over the last few weeks ,there was a question on one of my soccer forums and last night on TV (programme about wildlife in the British Isles)it showed up again apparently it appears in the south quite a lot.

beautiful photo by the way and beautiful moth too.

G.


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pilonm
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:25 pm   Post subject:


Hello all and thank you for your answers and nice comments about my picture...

Finally I identified it:

It is a moth from the Tortricidae family called CHORISTONEURA conflictana (Large aspen tortrix)...

Have a nice day!

Michel
Canada

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