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Old June 18th, 2011, 08:18 PM
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This little guy is cool!

Took me a while to identify what he is and finally found it is an Io Moth, Automeris io..he is the male..to cool
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Old June 18th, 2011, 08:33 PM
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Very cool!
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Old June 18th, 2011, 11:38 PM
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Love, love the second picture. Beautiful!
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Old June 19th, 2011, 01:02 AM
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He is still out there, wonder if he just turned into a beautiful moth
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Old June 19th, 2011, 07:49 AM
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Wow Claudia,he is gorgeous,I've never seen anything like it..
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Old June 19th, 2011, 08:07 PM
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I never seen one like this one, or maybe I have at night it's hard to tell what they look like...he was very cool but left me this morning
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