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Pyralid Snout Moth

Sacada sp.

Description:

This strange looking moth appears bluish chocolate coloured with long chicken legs ending at small hooks. It flies like any other moth! It starts slowly curving its hind part upwards sometime after resting. Length, forelegs to hind wings: 35mm.

Habitat:

Terrace of urban building surrounded by forests.

Notes:

This strange looking moth was spotted this evening under the terrace light. From the side it appeared as though a small toy is riding a dianosour!

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24 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Toshimi, I was quite lucky to get this photo angle.

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 9 years ago

Great find! Gorgeous!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Leanne, RobThacker, Gilma, Mark, Chunxing, Sukanya, Leana and Sisir for the encouraging comments.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks outsidegirl0 and Dilan for the comments.

Dilan Chathuranga
Dilan Chathuranga 9 years ago

congratsDrNamgyalT.Sherpa!!
Amazing shot !!!

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 9 years ago

congrats!!!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks KarenL for recommending the spotting as MOTM.

SisirBanga
SisirBanga 9 years ago

Wow! Love this.

Congratulations Dr. Namgya on this awesome spotting and SOTD!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

CONGRATULATIONS...this moth is really something...its eye is almost human-ish. So happy to see it has a name now.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 9 years ago

What a great MOMM this is !

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Congratulations sir. (changing 'snouth' to 'snout' :)

Congratulations on the SOTM of May, DrNamgyalT.Sherpa.
Gorgeous Moth!!

KarenL
KarenL 9 years ago

Congrats Namgya, your crazy looking Indian moth is our Moth of the Month for May!

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RobThacker
RobThacker 9 years ago

Wonderful, thank you

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 9 years ago

What an amazing looking moth. Congrats on your find DrNamgyal!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Mark for the suggestion. You're right. Going to do the edit.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Sacada sp. (Pyralidae) ??

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Sukanya, appears so, 'cause I scanned lists of some great 'mothers', but couldn't spot similar one. Hopefully Nuwan'll come to the rescue!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Tiz and Pampa for the comments.

PampaMistri
PampaMistri 9 years ago

Amazing find!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago

What a find!!! May be it is an undiscovered species....

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Amazing find DrNamgya. And great photos of it as well!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Fynn Kynd, Alan and CyndyBinghamKeiser for making it favourite.

DrNamgyalTSherpa
Spotted by
DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on Apr 30, 2014
Submitted on Apr 30, 2014

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