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Philippine Atlas Moth

Description:

They have just came out from their cocoon just this morning. 馃槆

Habitat:

Cotten Tree grown inside our backyard

2 Species ID Suggestions

Philippine atlas moth
Attacus lorquinii Attacus lorquinii - Wikipedia
onin
onin 3 months ago
Loruin's Atlas Moth
Attacus lorquinii


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10 Comments

onin
onin 3 months ago

Nice find! Can I include this record in our database of sightings of Philippine Saturniidae?

Welcome to Project Noah Sir Kokoy ,nice first spotting,i change it to arthropods categorie for you :-)

Sir Kokoy
Sir Kokoy 3 years ago

29xingl : I am very fortunate to spot this. Its kinda docile and does not care too much about human presence as long as you dont disturb them. 馃檹

29xingl
29xingl 3 years ago

It is famous for being big

29xingl
29xingl 3 years ago

I have seen this moth in books

Watson5
Watson5 3 years ago

What a beautiful spotting. The colors are so vibrant! Great photo. Thanks for sharing!

Sir Kokoy
Sir Kokoy 3 years ago

Thanks everyone!

Saturniidae27
Saturniidae27 3 years ago

Nice spotting, beautiful that you caught it in it's pristine condition :-)

MichaelS
MichaelS 3 years ago

Hi Sir Kokoy, welcome to the Project Noah community!

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 3 years ago

Amazing find, welcome

Sir Kokoy
Spotted by
Sir Kokoy

Pinukpuk, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 1, 2020
Submitted on Jul 1, 2020

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