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Saturniid Moth

Dysdaemonia boreas

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9 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

It is either male Dysdaemonia boreas light form or male Dysdaemonia fosteri.
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Boreas ismuch more common than Fosteri. To be on the safe side I suggest to take Dysdaemonia sp. as scienitic name and add both, Dysdaemonia borreas and Dysdaemonia fosteri as possible candidates in the description. Although I would tend to Dysdaemonia borreas, light form, it is not safe enough.

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 9 years ago

That is really amazing. Great find!

Outstanding !

I love that Moth, with those lovely tails and the color it is just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing, J.Giron.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 9 years ago

Very similar to this one, so I think is Dysdaemonia boreas
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/645...

ceherzog
ceherzog 9 years ago

That's a neat one!

The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

Nice pattern! I had never see one like this before! Thanks for sharing :-)

Jellis
Jellis 9 years ago

Great looking moth

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 9 years ago

What a very cool moth!

J.Giron
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J.Giron

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

Spotted on Jul 22, 2014
Submitted on Jul 25, 2014

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