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A moth about 3 cm wide, imitating dry leaves. Family Uraniidae?
Semi-urban area on the outskirts of San Cristobal, 2,200 m.
Spotted on Sep 5, 2012
Submitted on Sep 10, 2012
5 Comments
Tuve que fijarme muy bien para encontrar la palomilla. excelente foto
Perhaps a species of Automeris.
Beautiful mimicry.
The mission link:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8015...
Geez she's GOOD! Took me quite a while to find it! Consider adding it to the mimicry/camoflage mission?