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What's Better than a Mint on Your Pillow?

What's better than a mint on your pillow? A mint moth in your garden! We ran across this colorful mint moth, Pyrausta californicalis (as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro) on May 20 in a Vacaville bed of...

A mint moth, Pyrausta californicalis, nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A mint moth, Pyrausta californicalis, nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 1:07 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (296), Bohart Museum of Entomology (665), Mentha (1), mint moth (2), Pyrausta californicalis (2), UC Davis (323)

Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Posts Tagged: mint moth

What's Better than a Mint on Your Pillow?

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