Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Beautiful indeed, though by daylight they tend to look more like a bird dropping, which help them avoid being eaten. Larvae feed on members of the Vitaceae (grape family).

Carroll Co., VA 7/4/09.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 6/6/10.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 8/2/08.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 8/17/08.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/4/07.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/6/07.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/3/05.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/3/05.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 8/13/05.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/5/07.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/10/10.

Beautiful Wood-Nymph (Eudryas grata)

Carroll Co., VA 7/10/10.

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