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Masho (black witch moth)

Ascalapha odorata

Description:

It´s a huge moth that appear at this period of the year. It´s active at night, and stay still during the day. It´s common for us to find some in the corridors of the school, high up near the roof or in a dark spot.

Habitat:

During the day, we can find it on a wall usually near the roof, or high up in a tree. They very quiet in the day as they are nightbugs.

Notes:

This one is in a box because he was captured (and then carefully released) for a project of drawing our school´s bugs.

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La2
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La2

Baños, Azuay, Ecuador

Spotted on Mar 19, 2018
Submitted on Mar 19, 2018

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