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Drepanidae: Drepaninae

Macrocilix maia, Leech 1888

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5 Comments

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

nice pattern!

IreneBA
IreneBA 10 years ago

wow..wow......wow...........................WOW !

Thanks for the info.. Nuwan

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

"The moth features two symmetrical patterns strikingly resembling flies that seem to feed on bird dropping. The moth even smells of bird droppings" - Wikipedia

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Very interesting pattern and very beautiful.

རྩི་རང་རྫོང་ཁག་, Bhutan

Spotted on Oct 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 13, 2012

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