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Noctuid Moth

Epistreme cf. dentatrix

Habitat:

Maize farm, with surrounding thick bush.. Warm to hot place. Altitude: about 1000m.

Notes:

This beautiful butterfly-like moth was spotted yesterday on a fig leaf at a height of about 4.00m and at a distance of 5.00m. Due to the mid-day warm wind the leaf was flapping all the time, and the spot I was standing on had no place to keep the tripod. I managed to take some 6-7 shots with my camera hand-held before I started shaking and slipping from the ground beneath my feet!

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8 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thank you Vi for the comment.

VitoSarancha
VitoSarancha 9 years ago

Beautiful!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks pals for making it favourite. Happy to share with you all!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks venus.

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

awesome photo!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Nuwan for the ID. All along I took it for a butterfly, and it was a moth!.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 9 years ago

Thanks Cindy.

Beautiful!

DrNamgyalTSherpa
Spotted by
DrNamgyalTSherpa

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

Spotted on May 10, 2014
Submitted on May 11, 2014

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