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Macrocilix maia
The colours on the white wings depict two flies eating feces! According to https://www.tumblr.com/search/macrocilix... moth is said to release a pungent odour to backup the imagery, but I must confess I did not smell anything.
Drawn to the porch light of the cottage in Village Kolakham; a remote, forested area. This was actually right above the door and I stood on tip-toe to photograph it.
You might like to read: http://www.science20.com/cool-links/macr... Interesting to note that an insect (the moth) has pictures of two insects (flies) on its wings.
Spotted on Mar 25, 2015
Submitted on Mar 27, 2015
4 Comments
I finally found a common name for this extraordinarily patterned moth: dumbbell hook thorn moth
http://translate.google.co.in/translate?...
It is actually: 刺啞鈴帶鉤蛾.
I got Google to translate it for me. Did it get it right?
Thank you, Jae. More moths coming up.
Amazing! Great find, Sukanya.
Crazy moth!!! What a find