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Yellow-collared Scape-moth

Scepsis fulvicollis

Plate XIII — Yellow-collared Scape-moth is Fig. 12
Plate XIII — Yellow-collared Scape-moth is Fig. 12

This common insect, the larva of which feeds upon grasses, has a wide range from Canada to the Gulf States, and westward to the Rocky Mountains, and southward to Chihuahua in Mexico. The moths frequent the blossoms of the golden-rod (Solidago) in the late summer.