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Daphnis nerii
Urban garden.
After 15 days this magnificent, stout and robust moth emerged from its pupa from the "Iron Man" caterpillar that got me the SOTD at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/313... .
Spotted on Jul 30, 2013
Submitted on Jul 30, 2013
27 Comments (1–25)
Love the 5th picture
Beautiful !!
Incredible!
That s a good answer!
Thanks for the complement Frederic Ansermoz! They look nice because the photos are simple ;)
You have a lot of nice photographs in your collection!
Thank you ceherzog!
This is such a cool moth...great series!
Beautiful series!
Brilliant!
Thank you Telse! :)
Just gorgeous Leana!
So gorgeous @Jakubco! Though the caterpillars are a common sight in the garden, it's my first time to see this lovely moth :)
Nice series :)
Super gorgeous! What a lovely moth from a lovely caterpillar.
WOW! Incredible! So lovely!
Thank you @Debbie Stewart! The "Iron Man" caterpillar turned out to be a robust female moth :-)
Very nice!
Great to see the outcome of 'Iron man' Leana, such a beauty :-)
Thank you @Dima! :)
Beautiful series! Congratulations on a successful emergence.
wow! awesome!
It's a girl!! Well done Mommy Leana :)
Wow, It looks like a painting! Very cool.
That's the coolest moth I've ever seen!