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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 21, 2009

I thought this was a cicada at first, but it has orange wings. It also seemed at home under water.

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 21, 2009

Here is another pic with it's wings open a bit.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 22, 2009

Not sure, but Noctua pronuba is a good possibility, it's very common around here:


http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1670/

http://bugguide.net/node/view/9821

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 22, 2009

This is a moth in the family Noctuidae, belonging to a group known collectively as underwings. Most of these are in the genus Catocala, but i suspect that this is one of the so-called lesser underwings in the genus Noctua - see http://tinyurl.com/mhakmv for an example. These definitely are not aquatic!

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jun 23, 2009

Very good info, thank you both. :)

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