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Unknown spotting

Description:

This cute furry moth had a body length of just 2 cm (0.8 inches). Any ID help would be appreciated. Last picture was seconds before take off. Poor thing was getting fed up with all the flash photography...

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.



1 species ID suggestions

Angel Moth
Apatelodid Moth

8 Comments

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 8 months ago

Could this be some kind of flannel moth...?

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 10 months ago

Still struggling to ID this furrrrrrry critter! :-}

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 10 months ago

Thanks Megan! I was glad I could get that last picture before he flew off!

MeganM
MeganM 10 months ago

It looks so cute in the last picture!

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 11 months ago

you are welcome Ann :)

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 11 months ago

Thanks for the ID suggestion Chief RedEarth! I'll check that out!

AnnvanWijgerden
AnnvanWijgerden 11 months ago

Thanks! Nifty - good word! :-)

CoreyBlisStarPaquett
CoreyBlisStarPaquett 11 months ago

That is the niftiest moth I've ever seen

Intramuros, Philippines

Lat: 14.59, Long: 120.98

Spotted on Jun 27, 2012
Submitted on Jun 27, 2012

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