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Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

Bunaea alcinoe

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth
Bunaea alcinoe Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth [larva] / Bunaea alcinoe (Invertebrates) by Kobie on 12th June 2012 | iSpot


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injica
injica 11 years ago

Interesting indeed! :)

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I didn't even know that cabbages could be on trees ;-))...

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ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Thanks bayucca. I 'm not familiar with that name for the plant...I was thinking of Cabbage Palms.

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Yes, there should be some cabbage trees, unless my ID is wrong... ;-)
Anthocleista liebrechsiana, also called kwari or sapo

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ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Do you have Cabbage Trees in Nigeria, bolaji?

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Wow. Spiky!

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ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

wonderful!

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman 11 years ago

Beautiful!

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Saturniidae, Bunaea alcinoe.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36524915@N0...
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/03/26/c...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunaea_alci...
Here is the adult:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/125...

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

great series, what a fearsome looking creature

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

4th picture makes it look like a dragon. Cool!

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bolajibankole
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bolajibankole

Nigeria

Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012

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