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We observed this moth while walking north along the Centennial Trail to the parking lot at Northwest Beach.

The front and middle legs have prominent tufts of orange hair-like scales.

The moth also has prominent hairy yellow shoulder stripes (tegulae).

This colorful moth was feeding on the flowers of a Common Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata) that was growing alongside the seasonal footpath that parallels the Centennial Trail south of Northwest Beach on a warm sunny spring afternoon.

This colorful moth was feeding on the flowers of a False Indigo Bush Amorpha fruticosa that was blooming alongside the seasonal footpath that parallels the Centennial Trail to the south of Northwest Beach on a sunny and breezy afternoon.