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Ailanthus Webworm Moth
#114853 Aug 20th, 2007 at 01:01 PM
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A friend of mine on Birders World forum, took a picture of a beautiful insect that we thought was a beetle. He researched it and found out it is a MOTH! An Ailanthus Webworm Moth, to be exact! I got this picture off the web as his would be a little hard to see on THIS forum. Sure is a Striking insect, though.

AILANTHUS WEBWORM MOTH
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Re: Ailanthus Webworm Moth
Thornius #114867 Aug 20th, 2007 at 01:20 PM
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WOW! His colors sure are eye~catching, thanks for sharing Thorny!

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Re: Ailanthus Webworm Moth
ksgardnr #114873 Aug 20th, 2007 at 01:27 PM
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That is pretty, Thorny. He can come here and eat as many ailanthus as he wants. Weedy, nasty trees. I don't know who named them Tree of Heaven. They stink to high heaven when you cut them. The national forest service is trying to keep them out of the national forest around here.

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