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Edwards' Atlas Moth

Archaeoattacus edwardsii White 1859

Description:

One of the largest moth I have encountered in my one years experience of collecting moth in Bhutan. It is About 9 inch wingspan brought to me by one of my colleague (Mr Tenzin Wangchuk) in my lab.

Habitat:

Sub-Tropical forest (Mixed vegetation)

Notes:

Location; Mendrelgang, Bhutan

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5 Comments

Thanks Ashish

Carol, It is necessary to keep the record of the size of the moths.. It helps.. anyway I also saw lots of your collections and its wonderful.

Yasser
Yasser 11 years ago

Beautiful! What a gorgeous and massive moth. Great spotting!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Yes Carol Both of you real Mothers.... Do not forget Nuwan.... He also do it in special cases....
Wonderful spotting of amazing Moth presentation... surely precious for Project Noah...

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

I think you and I are the only ones that do measurements of our moths and other insects. HA!

Thimphu, Bhutan

Spotted on May 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 19, 2012

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