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Description:

Another massive moth found on the wall of my apartment!

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Owl moth
Erebus macrops Erebus macrops


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8 Comments

ananya.rane
ananya.rane 12 years ago

Thanks Ashish!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Owl moth

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its very close to Emperor moth

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

ananya, I could not find something as interesting as your picture but you could check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturniidae...

though I am not a pro at them, you could have a look.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Very much terrifying wings..!!

ananya.rane
ananya.rane 12 years ago

Any suggestions on what it might be called?

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Looks like a hippos face.

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Looks like a mask for carneval. Impressive.

ananya.rane
Spotted by
ananya.rane

Mumbai, Union Territory of Dādra and Nagar Haveli, India

Spotted on Jul 17, 2011
Submitted on Jul 17, 2011

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