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2 Species ID Suggestions

peter
peter 12 years ago
Emperor gum moth
Opodiphthera eucalypti Opodiphthera eucalypti
Prince Bunaeopsis Moth
Bunaeopsis princeps BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser


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12 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Hi Roy! I am thinking this might be Bunaeopsis princeps, what do you think? The first semicircle closest to the thorax is usually pink in the specimens of Bunaeopsis oubie at BOLD, but in Bunaeopsis princeps, it is the same color as the veins.

B. oubie: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
B. princeps: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...

I would love to hear your opinion.

RoyGoff
RoyGoff 10 years ago

Bunaeopsis oubie. Very nice pic

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Hi Mary, please consider adding this & your other moths to the Moths of the World mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Congrats on the blog feature..!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Super wow! Congratulations being featured in the blog. Way to go! Your moth is fantastic!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations, this awesome moth is featured in the Project Noah blog today - http://blog.projectnoah.org/

AnumKhan
AnumKhan 12 years ago

beautiful

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

That's not an Emperor Gum moth, or at least I don't know why an Australian species would be found in Kenya.

peter
peter 12 years ago

That is one wild caterpillar for this moth!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caterp...

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

what a beautiful moth!

CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 12 years ago

gorgeous unexpected red color

mlhepp
mlhepp 12 years ago

Its a moth...

BMaryMcGraw
Spotted by
BMaryMcGraw

Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Spotted on Mar 17, 2011
Submitted on Apr 1, 2011

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