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Giant Peacock Moth

Saturnia pyri

Description:

Giant Peacock Moth - Großes Wiener Nachtpfauenauge http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...

Habitat:

europe, northern austria

Notes:

some consider it a butterfly, some consider it a moth, i just consider it pretty big as is was roughly the size of my hand (~16cm)

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4 Comments

MartinUrban
MartinUrban 11 years ago

really nice one

cha2man
cha2man 11 years ago

Beautiful!!!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice spotting - welcome to Project Noah!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Preciosa polilla:::

monika.antoni
Spotted by
monika.antoni

Gemeinde Großkrut, Niederösterreich, Austria

Spotted on May 1, 2011
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012

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