Figure-seven Moth

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Drasteria grandirena

Figure-seven Moth, a reference photo
Photo: Cam Fox · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Drasteria grandirena, the figure-seven moth or great kidney, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in North America from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to at least Georgia west to at least Arkansas

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Figure-seven Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Species
Drasteria grandirena

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