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Giant silkmoth

Eudaemonia argus

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Description:

Pretty pink silkmoth with tail wings. Eudaemonia argus is a species of moth in the Saturniidae family. It is found in Africa, including Gabon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Guinea and Benin.

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Ignacio Gamboa 11 years ago

Giant Silkmoth

Eudaemonia argus Giant Silkmoth

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10 Comments

dotun55 2 years ago

Loves a low-profile I guess :)

Dan Doucette 2 years ago

Wow! How did I miss this one?!

dotun55 10 years ago

Noticed the blog on my Facebook feed this morning. Just reading it. Well done! Thanks :D

Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Congratulations dotun, you spectacular Silkmoth was featured in my "Tips for Moth-ers" blog post today!
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5578298...

dotun55 10 years ago

DHL express or cargo ship, how do you like it? :D

LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Four of them! Gorgeous. You've got to send me a piece of your magic wall!

Musephotos 11 years ago

Wow beautiful!

YukoChartraw 11 years ago

What a beauty! The colors are just splendid!

mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

Amazing!

Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Wonderful !

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dotun55

Kaduna, Nigeria

Spotted on Feb 4, 2013
Submitted on Feb 21, 2013

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