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Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

bunaea alcinoe

Description:

Grey-brown colored moth on the wall of a building

Habitat:

Walls, trees, poles, plants and flowers

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe Bunaea alcinoe
AmyRollins
AmyRollins 11 years ago


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15 Comments

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Copy that!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

This looks like being the caterpillar:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/161...

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

You got it! Just added you up to my Flickr contacts.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, add the common name "Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth" for Bayuca eeh... Bunaea alcinoe. I am looking forward for your swallowtail!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Ohhh... I saved a screenshot for dreaming...!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I just get the first vote from a Ranger for keeping Bayuca alcinoe...
If I got 5 +, we'll keep it, OK?

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

What a joke! Naughty Bayucca 8-|

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Ha, ha!! just leave it some hours, I came back to look at it again and again and again...!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

LOL. You have honored bayucca by writing the scientific name as Bayuca Alcinoe. :)

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Thanks to everyone for the ID suggestions.
Thanks Yasser for the confirmation.
It feels good to be here :)

Yasser
Yasser 11 years ago

Cool moth and welcome to the community! I think Bayucca nailed the ID on this one. It's so great to see everyone working together to identify species from around the world!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Saturniidae.

AmyRollins
AmyRollins 11 years ago

ummm, Saturniidae Sphingicampa 'something' then? :)

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Thanks Amy. You know better, bring it on

AmyRollins
AmyRollins 11 years ago

Looks like the Family...still researching.

dotun55
Spotted by
dotun55

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Spotted on Jul 26, 2012
Submitted on Jul 26, 2012

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