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  2. Tropical moth alights in UW’s Botany Garden, a Wisconsin first

Tropical moth alights in UW’s Botany Garden, a Wisconsin first

Botany Professor Edgar Spalding spotted a white-tipped black moth in the UW-Madison Botanical Garden, the first recorded observation in Wisconsin of the tropical species.

Read the full article at: http://news.wisc.edu/tropical-moth-alights-in-uws-botany-garden-a-wisconsin-first/

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