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Catocala amatrix
A lovely moth with bright red hindwings, Catocala amatrix is only one of the amazing species in the Catocala genus which are characterized by bark-colored forewings and striking hindwings, meant to startle potential predators.
Found resting on the side of my sister's chicken coop.
Lifer!
Spotted on Aug 31, 2013
Submitted on Oct 6, 2013
8 Comments
Thank you so much, dotun, Carol, Rieko, Adarsha, and wolflover090!
thats cool
Very sweet :)
Exciting to know that I could meet this beauty someday, maybe......
Lovely underwing!
That's a lovely name J. Nice find ;-)
Thank you so much Marta!
Pretty underwings!