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Urania fulgens
This is one of the few species of moths that fly during the day. They make its annual trip from August through November and never return. They travel from southern Mexico to northern Ecuador, seeking plants to lay their eggs. Their caterpillars only eat the leaves of trees of genus Omphalea. They then travel to locate Omphalea low toxicity plants and higher nutritional value out of where they bred. The Omphalea and Urania have a plant-animal relationship for more than 200 million years. The Urania comes from where their mothers laid eggs.------------------------- Son unas de las pocas especies de polillas que vuelan de día. Durante el mes de agosto hasta fines de noviembre realiza su viaje anual hacia el sur y no retorna. Desde el sur de México hasta el norte de Ecuador, las polillas buscan donde poner sus huevos. En Panamá, por la forma del Istmo, el vuelo es más bien hacia el Este. Las orugas sólo comen hojas de árboles del género Omphalea. Esto provoca en la planta una respuesta tóxica para evitar ser devorada. Entonces viajan para localizar Omphalea de baja toxicidad y de mayor valor nutritivo fuera de donde se reprodujeron. La Omphalea y Urania tienen una relación planta-animal desde hace más de 200 millones de años. La Urania viene de donde sus progenitoras pusieron los huevos.
Spotted on Nov 11, 2013
Submitted on Nov 12, 2013
23 Comments
all those moths flying together - so neat!
Beautiful SOTD!
Congratulations on SOTD, a very beautiful and interesting moth.
what a beauty............. congratulations.............
They are so beautiful but hard to see details, I have seen many lately, I was wondering why they did not stop in the Garden...now I know, thank you for the information, rams4d.
JuanDitrani, pensé que tenía puesto el moth, hice ese spot casi dormido ese día, gracias por corregirlo.
WOW! Great series and spots. I would have guessed it was a swallowtail butterfly. Moth!!! I love moths. Congratulations!
Excellent photos and information. Thank you for sharing this wonderful organism with us! Congratulations on earning the Spotting of the Day honor!
Thanks to all !!!
JuanDitrani, mira pues, de algo valió la pena perseguir ese spot hasta el final.
Arya, but the shape is the color scheme that indicates toxicity if being eaten.
Really gorgeous ! Congratulations :)
Amazing. Congratulations!
I like the shape. I bet it throws off predators
Congratulations on making SOTD with your beautiful moth rams4d
aaaa, te lo ganaste, felicidades!!
Beautiful and amazing. I want to see one
What a beauty! Thank you for sharing & congratulations!
Proving moths can be as spectacular as butterflies; the fabulous day-flying urania swallowtail moth is our Spotting of the Day!
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Te recomiendo que cambies el título a Urania Moth (no butterfly)
Interesting moth!
Jo, eso fue rápido, yo todavía no acabo de decantar mis fotos
Incredible story….
Awesome looking moth