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Cucumber Moth

Diaphania indica

Description:

Unfertilized female sitting around with the tuft of light brown "hairs" on the tip of the abdomen fully spread, forming two flower-like clumps of scales, which move slowly to spread their pheromones.

Habitat:

Urban garden.

Notes:

There is a tuft of light brown "hairs" on the tip of the abdomen, vestigial in the male but well-developed in the female. It is formed by long scales which are carried in a pocket on each side of the 7th abdominal segment, from where they can be everted to form the tufts.

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12 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

Fantastic spotting Leana . Congratulations on the well-deserved SOTD ( Sorry I missed this) and a special thanks for the information about the gorgeous tufts !

Congratulations! How does it fit inside the abdomen?

Thank you for the appreciation, kind words and honor of being chosen SOTD!

Beautiful capture Leana,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 8 years ago

Congratulations Leana! What a beautiful spotting.

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 8 years ago

Congratulations Leana! Wonderful series!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 8 years ago

So beautiful! Congratulations.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Congrats Leana! And what a proud moment to get a NMW concluding momento, and that too a very deserving one! Keep it up!

Thank you Luis and Noel!

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 8 years ago

Congratulations Leana!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Congrats Leana! Beautiful Spotting of the Day.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 8 years ago

Congratulations Leana! This spotting has been chosen as our Spot of the Day and the final one to end National Moth Week 2015! Such a very cool photo of a cool cucumber. ;-)

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Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 23, 2015
Submitted on Jul 23, 2015

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