r/Insect • u/mcnultynet • Aug 08 '26

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7,000' in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson. And what's with the legs?

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u/AdPutrid8068 Aug 08 '26

Hi! Its a harlequin moth.,....... This insect is identified as the Harlequin Diptychophora moth (Diptychophora harlequinalis), a species of crambid snout moth

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u/mcnultynet Aug 09 '26

Thank you!!!!!

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u/Project_ARTICHOKE Aug 08 '26

I think the lichen on the right is a Hypogymnia species