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Megalopyge

Megalopyge sp

Description:

The furriest moth I've ever seen. Attracted to the hotel lights.

Habitat:

Hotel in the edge of the rainforest.

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12 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Gracias Juan Carlos por la identificación.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gilma.

Gorgeous spottin, LuisStevens.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you hernandezwolf99, Lauren Zarate, Scott Harte, Mohammad Yasin Chowdhury, Mark Ridgway, venusflytrap2000, dotun55 and Rieko.

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Really nice.

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Furry indeed.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

WOW! this is amazing, just made my day ;) thx for sharing ;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

That really is a little beauty Luis. Gold suit and black shoes... very stylish. It sure looks Lymantriidae.

may be a tussock moth
not sure at all ...jus a blunt guess

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 10 years ago

geez, yeah thats a fuzzy moth

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Wonderful!

hernandezwolf99
hernandezwolf99 10 years ago

It looks adorable

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 13, 2013
Submitted on Apr 10, 2014

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