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Brachymeria ovataObserver
swiseeagleDescription
These 2 wasps emerged from a moth pupa I found on a bunch of bananas from Ecuador at our local grocery store. They're 5 mm long. I'm not certain of the id.
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Graceful Kelp Crab (Pugettia gracilis)Observer
swiseeagleDescription
Location approximate. Commercial fishing bycatch. Partial leucistic markings. Carapace width 1.5 cm. Merus of cheliped has knobby ridge. Tips of claws blue-gray with pale tips. Female.
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Graceful Kelp Crab (Pugettia gracilis)Observer
swiseeagleDescription
incidental catch by commercial fisherman
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Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)Observer
swiseeagleDescription
Matches description in Caterpillars of Eastern North America by Wagner--deeply forked head with dark marks in the cleft, wart above A5 spiracle, minute black spines.
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Dotted Shade (Eana osseana)Observer
swiseeagleDescription
Reported from AK in Pohl et al 2018.
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Tortricid Leafroller Moths (Family Tortricidae)Observer
swiseeagleDescription
Resembles a very worn Choristoneura conflictana, but the nearest aspen (larval food) I know of is over 100 miles away.
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Genus DepressariaObserver
swiseeagleDescription
Glossy iridescence in bright light covers up reddish color. Very flat.
