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Eudocima salaminia
Resembles an odd shaped leaf at a distance, but on closer observation, was a strange moth. I have never seen this before. Body length approx 5 - 6cm long. It lay perfectly still to avoid being seen.
Suburban backyard
Thank you for all of your lovely comments on my moth. It looks harmless but it does a lot of damage to the fruit industry.
That is one amazing moth Andrea - thanks for sharing this. I am still trying to work-out the shape...
Thank you for all the wonderful comments on this cryptic moth.
To make 'head and tail' of this critter....its round compound eyes are towards the bottom-right with a pointed 'snout'. You can see one leg sticking out from underneath, midway along its body. Literally head down, bum up.
A truly fantastic moth with fantastic mimicry! Thank you for sharing such a terrific moth!
Brilliant spotting.
You should consider adding this to the Mimetic animals of the world mission
Agree with ceherzog - could not make out until I saw the second pic! Thanks for sharing Andrea!
After this one I will never look at a dry leaf the same way again
That moth is so hard to notice...I could hardly figure out the first pic...very cool!!