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Orange-headed Wasp Moth

Amata annulata or Amata humeralis

Description:

Attractive moth? butterfly on Joon Joo Trail near Derby West Kimberley.

Habitat:

Savannah Grassland Kimberley

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Wasp Moth
Amata sp.
Peter36
Peter36 2 years ago
Wasp Moth
Amata chroma (Swinhoe, 1892) Wasp Moth


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5 Comments

BarbaraSing
BarbaraSing 9 years ago

Thanks bayucca for the information. I have photographed another this week and will be uploading it.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Forgot one for Annulata:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Personally I would tend to Amata humeralis.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

It is in my eyes either Amata annulata or Amata humeralis. I am notbsure if all these Amata are correctly IDed. If you look at the spots (size, location, relation to other spots) it is clearly Annulata:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48991563@N0...
If you look at the colorsvon the head, it looks more like Humeralis, which has orange head and some orange parts at the left and right side of the head. In this case, my link above should actually be Humeralis, not Annulata, if you believe this site: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
and compare it with the Annulata from that site: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
So, I am really not sure which IDs are correct and which is actually yours.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nieminski/8...
In the meanwhile I have looked on thousends of Amata from the whole world and in my eyes it is one of the most mis-IDed and confusing genus.

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

RachaelB
RachaelB 10 years ago

Looks like a type of Tiger Moth or Wasp moth - http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

BarbaraSing
Spotted by
BarbaraSing

Derby, Western Australia, Australia

Spotted on Apr 4, 2011
Submitted on Sep 22, 2013

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