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Riding's Forester (Alypia ridingsi)
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Riding's Forester, Alypia ridingsi, perching on Desert Apricot. Plum Canyon, ABDSP, 3 March 2005.   Costal FW ~ 13-14 mm.  This moth was spotted on the 2005 NABA Count.
Riding's Forester larva eating an Evening Primrose, probably Camissonia pallida, in Borrego Palm Canyon, 20 March 2005.  There were several cats on one plant.  We also have photographed this caterpillar eating Camissonia californica.