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Mexican tiger moth

Notarctia proxima

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Mexican Tiger Moth
Notarctia proxima Moth Photographers Group – Notarctia proxima – 8181


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9 Comments

Noah Ranger
bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Oh, just a question of patience and time ;-)...

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

another epic I.D. bayucca. you don't cease to amaze me!

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Arctiidae, Arctiinae, not Megalopygidae. Notarctia proxima, Mexican Tiger Moth.

Randall Lee
Randall Lee 12 years ago

The natural world always have surprises in store for us... this one is a beauty..

JungleLoveMamasita
JungleLoveMamasita 12 years ago

Very cool.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

this looks like a dirphia

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

It was sleeping this morning and I disturbed it...eventually it flew away...probably not a happy camper...

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 12 years ago

Is it dead?

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Beautiful!

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MatthewKritzer
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MatthewKritzer

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 25, 2011
Submitted on Oct 25, 2011

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