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Thank you bayucca. Looks like you've nailed it!
Yes I just uploaded some more here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/785... , I have others but a lot of my photos are blur, so I just uploaded the sharpest ones.
The insect was identified by an entomologist of the Museum of Natural history. I will send him your comments and have him assert whether he made a mistake. If it is the case I will of course update the information accordingly.
Hi Leana,
there is just a little problem in your assumption. This is not a moth (lepidotera), but belongs to the order of dipters (diptera). It is commonly called a 'moth fly', but no connection whatsoever with moths. ;-)
There is no web source to a 'live observation'. The very insect on the photo is the one that laid those eggs right while I was taking the pictures. Web sources are often no conclusive evidence at all, and they can even be misleading, when the same error keeps on being quoted over and over again.
Well you are TOTALLY wrong. The eggs came out in front of my eyes from the Rhamphosiploidea philippa. You shouldn't spread misinformation!