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Saturniid moth

Hyperchiria sp.

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Saturniid Moth
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22 Comments

DianePlatcoBrooks
DianePlatcoBrooks 8 years ago

This is really quite amazing !

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

I was unable to find a species which had four definitively dark lines on the forewing. Many of them had the third line down from the top faded.

IreneBA
IreneBA 10 years ago

w o w !!!!!

cranbrook-sda-youth1
cranbrook-sda-youth1 10 years ago

Amazing!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

That's a moth!?! Amazing!!!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Wow pretty impressive :) That guy is a great actor!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Shares a lot of similarities with Arguda insulindiana.
Could this be a Lasiocampidae species?

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Eduardo, this awesome moth has been chosen to represent South America in the blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Aqui está o link para a missão: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Que mariposa fantástica, Eduardo. Por favor, coloque-a também na missão "Moths of the world - National moth week".

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

wow wee! wonderful!

Dragoon
Dragoon 11 years ago

I had thought this was a photo of a leaf as I scrolled though the list, only to later glimpse the name! I'm astounded by this beautiful creature. Nature is always bound to surprise us. Great shot!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Incredible,

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

What a fantastic moth and photo! Wonderful!

Chantell
Chantell 11 years ago

I love mimicry! Very nice spotting!

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Found this but it didn't take me to a species name.
http://www.insects.org/images/entophiles...
It looks like they made an error when doing this Moth
http://www.insects.org/blog/page/19

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Incrível, Eduardo!

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

Awesome !

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Amazing :)

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

Very impressive!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Awesome!

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

incredible. I thought it was a real leaf.

EduardoFrick
Spotted by
EduardoFrick

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 20, 2010
Submitted on Jul 20, 2012

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