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Butterflies and Moths of North Carolina

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Species Recorded in North Carolina: 1523

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Great Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia

Date: Aug 09, 2022
Submitted by: ktew
Verified: Aug 09, 2022
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe

Imperial moth
Eacles imperialis

Date: Aug 08, 2022
Submitted by: Katiewil417
Verified: Aug 08, 2022
Verified by: rogerdowner

Monarch
Danaus plexippus

Date: Aug 07, 2022
Submitted by: Stacey D
Verified: Aug 12, 2022
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe

Imperial moth
Eacles imperialis

Date: Aug 07, 2022
Submitted by: not2worry
Verified: Aug 07, 2022
Verified by: rogerdowner

Imperial moth
Eacles imperialis

Date: Aug 07, 2022
Submitted by: not2worry
Verified: Aug 07, 2022
Verified by: rogerdowner

Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia

Date: Aug 06, 2022
Submitted by: Stacey D
Verified: Aug 12, 2022
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe

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