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Wooly Bear Tiger

Macrobrochis gigas Walker, 1854

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Description:

Wing length: 42 mm.

Habitat:

Pines, cherry, bamboo and other mixed forests. Warm to cool place. Altitude: 1,700 m.

Notes:

This beauty was spotted by wife early morning resting on a geranium leaf.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago
Tiger Moth
Macrobrochis gigas Macrobrochis gigas | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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2 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the ID and the detailed ref.

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bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini, Macrobrochis sp. and most probably Macrobrochis gigas.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124053-...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Eqdxlws5VV8/Sj...
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...
http://www.ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Arcti...
Same one, but wrong ID:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/124...

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DrNamgyalTSherpa
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DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on May 30, 2014
Submitted on Jun 1, 2014

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