Identification of

[Doug Yanega]

>A friend has put it's picture on my web site below:
>
>        http://members.xoom.com/horsefly/unknown.htm

Black Witch, which (if its name hasn't changed again) is Erebus odorata.
Common enough in the southern US in certain years, occasional strays MUCH
farther north, as they're pretty strong flyers.


Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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