(Ctenucha virginica)
Glossary
Collar
In grasses: The area on the back of a grass leaf at the junction of the sheath and the blade. In moths: the array of scales on the dorsal part of the prothorax.
Costa
In plants: The central axis of a pinna, to which pinnules are attached. In Lepidoptera: The leading edge of the forewing.
Proleg
A fleshy structure on the abdomen of some insect larvae that functions as a leg, but lacks the five segments of a true insect leg.
Prothorax
The first (forward) segment of the thorax on an insect, bearing the first pair of legs but not wings.
Seta
A usually rigid bristle- or hair-like outgrowth on butterflies and moths used to sense touch. Plural: setae.
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Virginia Ctenucha on Virgin Bower |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth Andree Reno Sanborn |
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Ctenucha virginica larva: bugguide.net/node/view/72418 |
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Ctenucha virginica (Virginia Ctenucha) Allen Chartier |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Arctiidae: Ctenucha virginica) with Mosquito Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 14, 2010 Sometimes the mosquitoes in North Dakota are so numerous that they must occasionally find places to perch on other insects. ;-) Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (14 June 2010). |
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Ctenucha Virginica moth feeding on Apocynum cannabinnum Meena Haribal |
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Uploaded on Jun 30, 2009 In late June and July day flying moth Ctenucha virginca, commonly called Ctenucha moth of Arctidae are seen commonly nectaring on flowers of Asclepias. Apocynum, sweet clover etc. The blue on the head and shoulder, to me looks like hind of a frog, may be a poisonous dendrobid frog. |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Arctiidae: Ctenucha virginica) Male on Leaf Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 17, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (16 June 2010). |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Erebidae: Ctenucha virginica) on Grass Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jul 3, 2011 Photographed at Nisswa, Minnesota (01 July 2011). |
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Virginia Ctenucha Moth, Ctenucha virginica brainphog |
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Published on Feb 9, 2014 This beautiful Virginia Ctenucha Moth was in my garden feeding on some Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'. |
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Dan W. Andree 2016 |
Location: Taken in an area of mixed woods near a tributary to the Wild Rice River in Norman County, Mn. |
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Bill Reynolds 7/21/2006 |
Location: Pennington Co. Virginia Ctenucha on Virgin Bower |
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