Idia forbesii (French, 1894)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: Jul 11, 2024
Submitted by: David Trently
Region: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 24, 2024
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Observation date: Jul 20, 2023
Submitted by: David Trently
Region: Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 07, 2023
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Observation date: May 19, 2022
Submitted by: Elizabeth Wolfe
Region: Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 24, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 16, 2022
Submitted by: dawittrock2231
Region: Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Ilona L.
Verified date: Jul 17, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 08, 2022
Submitted by: Don Marotte
Region: Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 09, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 08, 2022
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Brown County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 03, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 09, 2016
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Mar 03, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 17, 2021
Submitted by: Latenight
Region: Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 21, 2021
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Observation date: Aug 20, 2020
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Harford County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 18, 2020
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Observation date: Jul 09, 2015
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Dec 16, 2020
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Observation date: Jul 04, 2013
Submitted by: wade wander
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Dec 02, 2020
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Observation date: Sep 12, 2020
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 05, 2020
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Observation date: Aug 02, 2020
Submitted by: pbedell
Region: Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 06, 2020
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Observation date: Jul 27, 2019
Submitted by: Dave Webb
Region: Harford County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 23, 2019
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Observation date: May 24, 2019
Submitted by: dmccord
Region: Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 08, 2019
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Observation date: Jul 14, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Bath County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 29, 2018
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Observation date: Aug 23, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 31, 2018
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Observation date: Jun 07, 2018
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 07, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 02, 2018
Submitted by: BrandonH
Region: Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 02, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 09, 2017
Submitted by: Sue Gregoire
Region: Schuyler County, New York, United States
Verified by: Sue Gregoire
Verified date: Jan 05, 2018
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Observation date: Sep 24, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Allegany County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 02, 2017
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Observation date: Jun 08, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 28, 2017
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Observation date: Jun 02, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 03, 2017
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Observation date: Aug 12, 2017
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Howard County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 01, 2017
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