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Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths), Subfamily Plusiinae
Just a piece of rotten bark, right? Look again, since when bark pieces have legs?
Spotted on Feb 23, 2012
Submitted on Feb 24, 2012
19 Comments
Asergio thanks for sharing facts... This will help many users for get spottings..!!
Ashish, I live very, very far from Amazonia! But, I live in a place that is somehow a crossroad between many different geographical and biological environments. Within a hundred miles radius we have subtropical rain forest (the Mata Atlantica, or Atlantic Forest, wich is said to have an even greater biodiversity than Amazon forest), mountains that go up to 1,6 thousand meters high, many small and medium sized rivers, the Campos Gerais region, grasslands permeated with gallery forests and scattered groves of Araucaria forest, etc. Temperature reaches 32C to 34C in summer, and around 10C in winter, sometimes reaching 0C or -1C. Given all that, life here is plenty and varied. A real paradise for nature lovers.
Welcome..
Amazonian Empire has lot surprises... Hope you present us one by one..
Thank you, Ashish, for the ID, and Martin for the help.
Please check..
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Trichop...
These two have the same trick=)
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/859...
Martin: :-)
Asergio, that's the same kid, still feeling a sense of wonder, after all these years. While I'm a naturalist and suspect these mechanisms are understandable, I'm still in awe.
It is very interesting, Martin, specially that dark stripe in the rear portion of the wing, that looks almost the same as in my spot. Mimic animals (insects above all others) attracted me since I was a kid (long ago). I always wondered about the mechanism that led to such wonderful results. And, the more I think (and forgive me Darwin's spirit for what I am going to say), the more I believe that there is a bit of magic in it.
Asergio, I am pondering your moth and lots of moths actually mimic bark and twigs in all their variations. Probably my Australian references will never manage a match. However, check this; http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
That's a really neat moth Asergio. Hope we can sort out it's ID.
Ok folks, here are the definitive pics of this moth, taken just today. And no, it's not Photoshop!!! :-)
I uploaded another picture of this moth. Not very good, but it shows a new angle of it.
very unusual
i think in order for you to prove the integrity of this spotting, you must upload photos of this in various angles or a video of this might help too. :D
Cool!
Great spot Sergio!
You know, Martin, it was carnaval here these last days, maybe this girl just forgot to take off her costume... :-)
asergio, that is quite amazing! I think you're screwing with me now. You gotta uninstall that photoshop =)