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Nuttall's Sheep Moth  Geotagged,Hemileuca nuttalli,National Moth Week 2022,Nuttalls sheep moth,Summer,United States,moth week 2022 Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. Eric, this photo has a rotation issue, explained here:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/forum/2/campfire/916/instructions_regarding_image_rotation_issues.html

    Sorry for the inconvenience.
    Posted 3 years ago
  2. By the way, adding these tags as you posted a moth during moth week :)

    248National Moth Week 2022

    248moth week 2022

    Should you re-upload this photo to take care of the rotation issue, please consider adding those tags.
    Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago

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"Hemileuca nuttalli", or Nuttall's sheep moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found from south-eastern British Columbia to eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, north-eastern California, Idaho, Nevada, northern Arizona, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and north-western New Mexico. The species was first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1875 under the name "Pseudohazis nuttalli".

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Uploaded Jul 25, 2022. Captured Jul 23, 2022 13:42 in H976+Q2 Alta, UT, USA.
  • iPhone XR
  • f/1.8
  • 1/2755s
  • ISO25
  • 4.25mm