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Pink-bordered Yellow (Phytometra rhodarialis) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. So breathtaking!<br />
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Pink-bordered Yellow (Phytometra rhodarialis)

At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. So breathtaking!

Pink-bordered Yellow (Phytometra rhodarialis) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. So breathtaking!<br />
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    comments (6)

  1. Can’t get much better. Posted 4 years ago
    1. It was perfect. I was so happy to see this beauty for the second time ever (and got clearer shots). <3 Posted 4 years ago
  2. Beautiful and so very fresh!! Posted 4 years ago
    1. I was shocked at how pristine it was! I actually had to shoo it away at sunrise as a bald faced hornet was swooping in and grabbing moths! I had to quickly shake my sheet and save them! Posted 4 years ago
      1. Oh wow!! I have never seen one go after a moth! Glad you were there to rescue them. Posted 4 years ago
  3. A very vibrant moth. Released to live another day .... maybe Posted 4 years ago

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The pink-bordered yellow is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Ontario in Canada and Missouri and New Hampshire in the United States, south to Florida and Texas in the United States, possibly only as stray northward.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Jul 14, 2021. Captured Jul 14, 2021 05:36 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/14.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm