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Hypercompe sp
This one has brown and thin circles
Look at the third photo, you will see little balls just behind the moth. Eggs! She was laying eggs on the stone. Today I found her dead 3 meters away, and shooted the eggs. And took this gigapan http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/87803/
Yes, that's true! However, since the presence of Scribonia in Brazil is not confirmed we should not call it Scribonia. And this one is, considering the markings and spots not Scribonia either. But it is definitely a Hypercompe sp.
Thanks, bayucca, but... the fact that ´scribonia' has not been not found (yet) in Brazil is not sufficient to eliminate the possibility. In my collection of photos, almost all the insects are "imported" from other countries.
Scribonia is the wrong species! Please, take Hypercompe sp. as scientific name. Scribonia is not found in Brazil.
One of the most amazing feeling I get here is that when you think that we've seen it all, something comes along and... wow. How can it be?! Beautiful. Its a children's drawing on butterfly wings. Thanks for sharing.
Scribonia is not in Brazil. It is definitely Hypercompe sp., might be Hypercompe cunigunda:
http://www.inra.fr/papillon/arct_guy/boi...
http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrow...
I have to agree with Juan. My friend and I were scrolling through unidentified photos and right away she said giant leopard moth. We're thinking that it's just due to some genetic variation in the species that the rings are more brown. It could also just be a phenotype that has been expressed in relationship to genotype or brought out by environmental influence.
I think is a leopard moth but its marks are brown and not black so im not sure
Spotted on Sep 18, 2011
Submitted on Sep 18, 2011
