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Moth

Chloractis pulcherrima

Notes:

Thank you, once again Bayucca... The moth was about 2 inches...

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Chloractis pulcherrima


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6 Comments

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

Fantastic looking moth Matthew!

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Geometridae, Geometrinae, Chloractis pulcherrima.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

That should read "which are really tiny"!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Cindy, the smaller insect looks like a moth fly why are really tiny http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodidae...

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Hi Matthew, how big is this beautiful moth? It appears there's another moth in front of it that's quite a big smaller.

MatthewKritzer
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MatthewKritzer

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 23, 2011
Submitted on Dec 23, 2011

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