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 Brazilian moth for id.please
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| bonitin |
Posted on 26-12-2010 13:35
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 Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi, Maybe someone recognizes this middle-sized beauty? Rainforest Paraty-Brazil Thanks, Myriam 
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| bonitin |
Posted on 26-12-2010 13:37
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-12-2010 15:42
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Wow - lovely moth - reminds me of a saturniid moth but I am not sure - would be nice to see the hind wings 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 26-12-2010 16:01
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Thanks, Chris! Unfortunately it didn't want to show its hind wings! |
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| Cesa |
Posted on 26-12-2010 17:13
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 Member Location: Turkey Posts: 1276 Joined: 13.10.09 |
Hylesia nanus, a saturniid moth. |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 26-12-2010 17:35
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
 Great! Thank you so much Cesa! |
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