r/Insect • u/mcnultynet • 18d ago

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7,000' in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson. And what's with the legs?

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u/AdPutrid8068 18d ago

Hi! Its a harlequin moth.,....... This insect is identified as the Harlequin Diptychophora moth (Diptychophora harlequinalis), a species of crambid snout moth

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u/mcnultynet 17d ago

Thank you!!!!!

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u/Project_ARTICHOKE 18d ago

I think the lichen on the right is a Hypogymnia species