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Arctiid moth

Thyretes sp.

Description:

These photographs were taken in a span of about a week, 9th to 15th May, 2013. In the morning of the first day (9th), this moth was found resting on the wall with other moths. I was surprised to still find it there by noon when the others had already gone. On close observation, I discovered that there were small round silver-coloured balls on the wall near its abdominal end, like eggs or excretion. I was unsure. The silver balls kept increasing day by day and it changed position often to make room for new balls. After the last photograph on the 15th, it was gone by daytime leaving the mystery balls behind. \ I imagined there could be a clue or message in the array of the balls, but it made absolutely no sense

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12 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

Tnx for the link :)

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 10 years ago

Nice series !!

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 10 years ago

Great spotting!

injica
injica 10 years ago

Beautiful!

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Thanks Jacob!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Beautiful! A species of Thyretes:
http://africanmoths.com/pages/ARCTIIDAE/...

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Very true!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Very cool. A moth artist. Artists are sometimes misunderstood.

dotun55
dotun55 10 years ago

Maybe. Just maybe :-)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Or maybe she just couldn't fly until she uploaded all those heavy little eggs! :)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Great pictures! I can't believe she stayed there 7 days laying eggs. She must be more artistic than maternal because there's nothing on a wall for the hatched larvae to eat. She just wanted to be creative... and certainly succeeded!

dotun55
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dotun55

Nigeria

Spotted on May 9, 2013
Submitted on Jun 22, 2013

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