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Rothschildia erycina.
A large beautiful moth with a 4 to 6 inch wingspan and triangular or oval areas on both the fore wings and the hind wings. Also called a Window Winged Saturnian or Rothschild Atlas Moth.
Tropical rainforests in Central and South America.
This photo was taken at the Ceiba Tops boat launch on the Amazon River just south of Iquitos.
Some love for our rangers! Thanks bayucca for helping with the ID on this one. And thanks Karen L for using this spotting in the blog on July 28.
Congratulations Amazon Workshops, this lovely giant has been chosen to represent South America in the blog today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/
Awesome spotting! I'm heading to South America this winter, Rothschild moth is at the top of my insect wishlist.
Usually one should not ID a Saturniidae by picture. In this case, however, I am confident that it is Erycina. You should verify it anyway. And I definitely know they place you found it ;-)...
Incredible!
Welcome to Noah! Your Blue Morpho is wonderful but this moth is royalty!
Spotted on Jul 9, 2010
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012
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