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Automeris zozine
A dark brown form of Automeris zozine, only the long hair between the wings and the abdomen is the usual reddish color. This species also has a white stripe along the lateral sides of the thorax.
On a wall under a light, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
See the previous "red" spotting of Automeris zozine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/222...
Spotted on May 3, 2014
Submitted on May 5, 2014
29 Comments (1–25)
nice series:)
Thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments.
Beautiful moth!
Congratulations on the SOTD, lovely spotting!!
Moth Week is coming soon and I am running into a Moth shortage, I did spotted that beauty also, but now is like....where are they all??!!
Congrats! Beautiful moth!
Congrats!
Congratulations Lauren!!!
Congrats Lauren for the SOTD!
Congrats Lauren!
Congrats Lauren. What a beauty to be held. :)
Great SOTD Lauren .. congratulations!
Thank you sunnyjosef, Luis, Dilan and Joshua for your kind comments.
Thank you so much Yasser for the honor. I love Project Noah and love interacting with everyone on PN who loves nature as much as I do. Moth week will be wonderful this year!
Very beautiful, congrats :)
Wow!Congrats LaurenZ!!!
Congrats Lauren! Great SOTD!
Great spotting and congrats to you Lauren for the SOTD
Lauren, this beautiful moth gets us really excited for Moth Week next month! Congratulations on Spotting of the Day and thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments and contributions to the community!
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Thank you bg11a9 :)
Absolutely stunning!
Thank you for all your comments, Rob, Leanne, Ashley, Carol and Leana :)
Awesome Lauren!
Terrific!
Beautiful moth, Lauren! My favorite moth is from the same genus, guess being pretty runs in the family? ;)
Oh wow Lauren! What a beauty!