Insects and Spiders

Garden Tortrix Moth

This is a new kind of moth for me. I found it on a leaf of my container pentas. It is also known as the Strawberry Garden Tortrix as the larvae feed on strawberries. I have some wild strawberry weeds in my lawn so that might be why this moth was in my yard.
Garden Tortrix Moth (Clepsis peritana)

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