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Giant Yellow Saturniid

Loepa megacore

Description:

Large moth, maybe 5 or 6 inches across. Yellowish/orange in color, although hard to tell for sure due to the yellow incandescent light shining down from above.

Notes:

Seen along the Bukit Tapan road in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

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2 Comments

luke.mackin
luke.mackin 11 years ago

Certainly looks like it! Thanks so much, Chun!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

This might be a Loepa megacore .

luke.mackin
Spotted by
luke.mackin

Indonesia

Spotted on Sep 20, 2012
Submitted on Dec 6, 2012

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