Alfalfa looper (Autographa californica)
A web search allowed me to identify this as an Autograph. I think it is likely to be (Autographa californica), though I cannot rule out the Silver Y (Autographa gamma) - which has a pretty cool name - or other Autographa species.
Owl butterfly
Alfalfa butterfly
Glasswing butterfly
White peacock butterfly
Spanish moth
Silkworms
Sphinx moths
California oak moth
Monarch butterflies
modified: April 22, 2015
created: April 22, 2015 (from hieroglyphic.html)
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