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Saturniid Moth

Athletes nyanzae

Description:

A large saturniid moth with very wide wings span (eye spots present). It has the appearance of freshly planed wood with various shades of brown present on its body. Really amazing!

1 Species ID Suggestions

Saturnia moth
Athletes nyanzae Athletes nyanzae African Moths


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6 Comments

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Yes, you all are. I read the Facebook post, blog of yesterday, saw all your photographs. You deserve the recognition for your work. Any great scientist needs that. More grease to your elbows!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Nuwan is not only a good but now a famous guy ;-)...

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan! Never imagined I would get this IDd for this so soon

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

Nice photos :)

TomElliott
TomElliott 11 years ago

Super shot of a super specimen!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

wow! amazing!

dotun55
Spotted by
dotun55

Nigeria

Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2013

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