In the parking lot of the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 9/27/2018. © Lori Reznick (Volunteer Docent, City of Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center)

Electra Buckmoth

Hemileuca electra

Lepidoptera: Saturniidae

Found in Central and North America. Larval food plants: Flat top buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) and Eastern Mojave buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium).

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In the parking lot of the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 9/27/2018. © Lori Reznick (Volunteer Docent, City of Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center)
In the parking lot of the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 9/27/2018. © Lori Reznick (Volunteer Docent, City of Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center)

In the parking lot of the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 9/27/2018. © Lori Reznick (Volunteer Docent, City of Dana Point Nature Interpretive Center)
Dana Point Ocean Institute, Dana Point, Orange County, CA. 10/12/2015. © Leon Baginski