A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Eumorpha anchemolus
large, grey and black
rainforest
Our guide spotted this moth and showed it to us. It was hard to get a photo while he held it because it kept flapping its wings. Once he let it go, it flew into some surrounding grasses. Everyone else lost interest but I saw where it landed and followed it to get a better photo.
Awesome moth!
There are several similar species of Eumorpha, so this might need confirmation. E. anchemolus looks right to me, especially in these links:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/eanchem...
Though it is tough to rule out E. triangulum:
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/etriang...
And E. megaeacus is also similar:
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/eeacus....
Nevertheless, I do think this one is E. anchemolus.
Spotted on Feb 2, 2010
Submitted on Apr 30, 2011
+1
