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Fig Moth

Pachylia ficus

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Fig Moth
Pachylia ficus Pachylia ficus


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5 Comments

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Wonderful spotting and what an unusual looking moth.

How beautiful! I bet the moth knows it too.
: D what a find!

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Sphingidae, Pachylia ficus.

EricEllison
EricEllison 12 years ago

some kind of sphinx moth.

zhabiz
zhabiz 12 years ago

Could you give us an estimation about its size please? Cause this thing looks like a monster!

MatthewKritzer
Spotted by
MatthewKritzer

Cartago, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 17, 2012
Submitted on Jan 17, 2012

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