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Like moths to a flame, some people are irresistibly drawn to the woods at night. Carrying bed sheets and armed with special lights and lures, they come seeking moths. In July 2012, in 49 states and numerous countries across the world, scientists and ordinary folk alike fanned out to get a closer look at these insects during the first ever National Moth Week - now an annual event across the world. National Moth Week 2013 is July 20-28. Learn more at:
http://nationalmothweek.org/ read moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:29:33 +0000
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Splendid Royal Moth larva on its host plant, Arizona Wild Cotton.
[taxonomy:binomial=Citheronia splendens]
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Garzacocha, Sucumbios, Ecuador
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Jicotea, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
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Gamboa, Colon, Panama
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Malang, East Java, Indonesia
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Found through southeastern Africa. Photo from Segera, Tanzania.
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Pichincha Province, Ecuador
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Pichincha Province, Ecuador
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La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Imperial Moth eggs about to hatch. At this point you can see that each egg contains a tiny caterpillar neatly rolled up (the big black spot is the head).These were photographed against a scale of millimetres; the two short parallel lines at the right bottom angle of the photo are 1 mm apart. So the eggies probably measure 3 2.5 mm (0.11 0.09 in), more or less.Freshly laid eggs are greenish, opaque, with a pearly sheen, and are expelled together with a sort of glue that dries up on the spot, attaching them to any surface they happen to touch. Huevos de polilln Eacles imperialis a punto de eclosionar. En este punto del desarrollo se puede ver que cada huevo contiene una oruguita prolijamente enrollada sobre s misma (la mancha negra grande es la cabeza).La foto se sac sobre una regla milimetrada; las dos rayitas negras paralelas del ngulo inferior derecho de la foto marcan 1 mm, as que los huevitos deberan medir unos 3 2,5 mm, ms o menos.Los huevos recin puestos son opacos, verdosos, con un brillo perlado, y la mariposa los pone junto con una especie de pegamento que se seca al segundo, pegando los huevitos a cualquier superficie que toquen.Eacles imperialis opaca, ovaEnglish: Imperial Moth
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2010-04-04 Vienna X. district/Lower Austria, district Schwechat (210 msm Quadrant 7864/4).
For remarks about the habitat see here.Found dead.ID is not a 100% certain, it could also be Saturnia pavonia (Kleines Nachtpfauenauge); opinions on ID welcome!German name: Sdliches kleines Nachtpfauenauge = Ligurisches Nachtpfauenauge
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4 Eyes
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Sabah, Malaysia
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Opodiphthera helena, Helena gum moth. Location: Australia, Victoria, Sealers Cove - Camp Site. Survey: Wilsons Prom Bioscan WPB 031
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Tuis, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
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Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
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A large moth with comma-shaped wing adornments, landing near a night light in central Sumatra.
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La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Attacus atlas. Photographed at the National Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Pavilion. Photographer: Dexter Hinckley.
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Cecropia Moth caterpillars Hyalophora cecropiaSmithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryInsect Zoo/ Butterfly Pavilion
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Luna Moth
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Unfortunately, it came here to die. Fortunately, I got some great close-ups.