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Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: New moth has joined my backyard garden!

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beckygardener
(Becky) in Sebastian, FL
(Zone 10a)
April 11, 2008
8:51 PM
Post #4794961
Thanks to Roxanne for IDing this beauty! It is a White Tipped Black Moth (Melanchroia chephise). I added new "Snow on the Mountain" bushes to my Zen garden entrance and I just KNEW that this pretty little moth was hanging around it because it was it's host plant! I just love adding new plants to my yard.

See this website for more info about this lovely moth:
[HYPERLINK@collier.ifas.ufl.edu]

Now ...

should I raise some cats from this moth?

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