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A Greater Red Dart Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/20/2014). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Bill Hubick.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (9/27/2019).
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Mark Etheridge.
An Greater Red Dart Moth in Bethesda, Maryland (10/6/2013). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Philip Brody.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/28/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/12/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/19/2016). Verified by Hugh McGuinness.
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Tyler Bell.
Greater Red Dart Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Sergei Drovetski.
Greater Red Dart Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/1/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Sergei Drovetski.
Greater Red Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/1/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Mark Etheridge.
Greater Red Dart Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/15/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/10/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/10/2015).
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Rod Burley.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland.
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Bob Patterson.
A female Greater Red Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6//2002). Determined by John Glaser.
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Larry Line.
A Greater Red Dart Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2005). Determined by John Glaser.
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Larry Line.
Source: Wikipedia
Abagrotis alternata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Abagrotis |
Species: | A. alternata
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Binomial name | |
Abagrotis alternata Grote, 1865
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Abagrotis alternata, the greater red dart or mottled gray cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in eastern North America, from New Brunswick west across southern Canada to western Alberta, south to Arizona, New Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.
The wingspan is 38–43 mm. Adults are on wing in August in Alberta. There is one generation per year.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Rings, Roy W. (1971). "Contributions to the Bionomics of Climbing Cutworms; the Life History of the Mottled Gray Cutworm, Abagrotis alternata". Journal of Economic Entomology. 64 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1093/jee/64.1.34. ISSN 0022-0493.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abagrotis alternata.
- Anweiler, G. G. (November 13, 2003). "Species Details Abagrotis alternata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- "Abagrotis alternata (Grote 1864)". Moths of North Dakota. Archived November 22, 2008.