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Atlas Moth

Attacus taprobanis




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38 Comments (1–25)

vanvliet5
vanvliet5 2 weeks ago

cool i love its color so cool

Such a simetry!

KarenL
KarenL 3 months ago

Fun fact! Male silk moths are able to detect pheromones from a distance of 7 miles away! Scientists estimate they can "smell" the chemicals given off by female moths at a ratio of a few hundred among 25,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules in a cubic centimeter of air.

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leah
leah 9 months ago

beautiful , great picture

Azura Firdaus W
Azura Firdaus W 9 months ago

wow amazing
wonderful colour!!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

thank you Larry and Arvin !!

ArvinMemaphu
ArvinMemaphu 10 months ago

wow! my 1st time to see this kind of color. amazing atlas!

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 months ago

congrats!!!!!!!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

@ Carol , Sumukha , William, thank you very much !!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

truly a great honor. thank you project noah & karen for selecting this image!!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 months ago

Congrats Nuwan

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 months ago

Congrats Nuwan..!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 months ago

Congratulations on this great honor. Wonderful moth!

KarenL
KarenL 11 months ago

Congratulations Nuwan, this awesome Atlas moth has been chosen to represent the Moths if India in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 months ago

i will certainly do it. thank you Jacob !!

Jakubko
Jakubko 11 months ago

You have quite an amazing collection of moths, Nuwan! Do you mind adding all of them to my mission, Moths of the World - National Moth Week? Thanks! Here is the link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann a year ago

Absolutely fantastic!!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga a year ago

thank you very much for the compliments Reiaze...!!

Reiaze
Reiaze a year ago

All your photos are incredible! Keep up the great work!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga a year ago

thanks Neil :)

NeilDazet
NeilDazet a year ago

Wow! What a beautiful moth! Great spotting!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga a year ago

thank you, achmmad & Tamir
my very first spotting in PN!

Tamir
Tamir a year ago

Thats an Amazing Moth. Ive never seen a Pink moth before. Truly a beautiful find.

achmmad
achmmad a year ago

Fantastic spotting! Have never seen the big and beauty moth like this one. I've only seen the brown color, but it was long time ago.

KatCuff
KatCuff a year ago

Fantastic encounter!

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Lat: 7.30, Long: 80.23

Spotted on Jan 4, 2008
Submitted on Dec 29, 2011

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