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Opodiphthera helena
Very large male Saturnid moth (170mm)
Impressive 'eye spots' on hind wings; super snappy socks.
Resting on a glossy black brick wall. Attracted to lights at midnight at the local fire station which is in part of the local national park.
Female was found at the same location 5 days earlier. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/187...
family: SATURNIIDAE
subfamily: Saturniinae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Opodiphthe...
Not uncommon but a lifer for me.
Spotted on Oct 15, 2015
Submitted on Oct 16, 2015
20 Comments
What a beauty! Congratulations Mark on your SOTW!
Super Mark,great series,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Congrats Mark!
Beauty Mark, congrats my friend!
Congrats Mark, beautiful moth!
Congratulation Mark!
Beautiful spottings
Congratulations Mark! Beautiful moth indeed :)
A fine looking moth, nice one Mark.
Congratulation Mark. Impressive spotting!
What an honor. Thank you all so much.
Let's hope for some more lep gems this summer - if the climate plays nice.
Congratulations Mark! This impressive saturniid is our Spotting of the Week!
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I salute His Fluffyness!
Lovely moth Mark!!
Very nice spotting! I like your new avatar too! ;-)
Thanks rangers!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Thanks Ava. They really are a pleasure to find. So big and gentle.
Spectacular spotting!
Thanks Jae. Bug season is here. Might make up for a hopeless fungi season :)
Great spotting, Mark.