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Eudocima salaminia
Resembles an odd shaped leaf at a distance, but on closer observation, was a strange moth. I have never seen this before. Body length approx 5 - 6cm long. It lay perfectly still to avoid being seen.
Suburban backyard
Thank you for all of your lovely comments on my moth. It looks harmless but it does a lot of damage to the fruit industry.
That is one amazing moth Andrea - thanks for sharing this. I am still trying to work-out the shape...
Thank you for all the wonderful comments on this cryptic moth.
To make 'head and tail' of this critter....its round compound eyes are towards the bottom-right with a pointed 'snout'. You can see one leg sticking out from underneath, midway along its body. Literally head down, bum up.
A truly fantastic moth with fantastic mimicry! Thank you for sharing such a terrific moth!
Brilliant spotting.
You should consider adding this to the Mimetic animals of the world mission
Agree with ceherzog - could not make out until I saw the second pic! Thanks for sharing Andrea!
After this one I will never look at a dry leaf the same way again
That moth is so hard to notice...I could hardly figure out the first pic...very cool!!
Spotted on Mar 20, 2010
Submitted on Mar 6, 2013
