Photo 3376939, (c) Chuck Sexton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton

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Uploaded by gcwarbler gcwarbler
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gcwarbler

Date

April 14, 2016

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Another first of Spring at the blacklight. FW = 5mm.

My Texas examples tend to appear much grayer than the ones @kueda and @finatic are uploading from California. I can't help but wonder if we're dealing with two different species. Compare:
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1791926
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/865526
MPG images show a wide variation in ground color as well:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2225

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