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Metzli silkmoth

Automeris metzli

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Brown, white and black insect which landed on a picnic table on the edge of a wood.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 5 years ago
Metzli Silkmoth
Automeris metzli http://beta.boldsystems.org/pics/SDHB/Bc-Her_%5B1823%5D%2B1206573688.JPG


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5 Comments

Mel11
Mel11 5 years ago

Thanks Bayucca

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bayucca
bayucca 5 years ago

Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, Automeris sp. and Automeris metzli. Quite variable!
http://cdn4.fast-serve.net/cdn/themothma...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/93...
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/saturnidae/s...
http://beta.boldsystems.org/index.php/Ta...

Mel11
Mel11 5 years ago

Thank you Emilie. I haven't seen anything at all like it before.

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 5 years ago

Obviously a moth. Family Drepanidae?

Brian38
Brian38 5 years ago

What planet are you living on?

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Mel11
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Mel11

Matina, Provincia Limón, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 21, 2008
Submitted on Feb 15, 2019

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