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'Rotund Epiphora'

Epiphora rotunda

Description:

Large dark Saturniid about 120mm wingspan.

Habitat:

Montane forest c. 7500'ASL

Notes:

This is the most commonly seen (by me) silkmoth in Ngorongoro and flies on surprisingly cold nights.

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2 Comments

dotun55
dotun55 9 years ago

Nice! You've gotten well-known here :-)

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Beautiful David, and thanks for adding it to the Biodiversity of East Africa mission...

Davidbygott
Spotted by
Davidbygott

Arusha, Tanzania

Spotted on Dec 29, 2010
Submitted on Nov 4, 2014

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