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Photo by lendlklein
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Field Notes

Description:

About a hand's wide... I found this beautiful creature inside our office. Probably got in when the windows were left open overnight.

Species ID Suggestions

Eupterote sp.

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (3)
lendlklein
Thank you Bayucca! Sorry for the really late reply, I just remembered my upload when I saw Project Noah's moth month on Twitter! Thanks! (- -,)V
BalincaguinConservancy
Welcome to ProjectNoah lendlklein! You can edit this spotting by adding bayucca's suggestion as a starting point. Hopefully other will also help with the ID.
bayucca
That was one of the heaviest one I ever IDed. It is against all rules not a Saturniidae, but a Eupterotidae, both from the superfamily Bombycoidea. ID down to species is probably not possible. Resources are very sparce. There are 3 pictures of the same one on the net. The one from the link is #3 based on the ID of #2 which is unfortunately wrong! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6838268 Some other species: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17487183@N00/3134691985 http://www.flickr.com/photos/17487183@N00/3115095219 http://www.flickr.com/photos/17487183@N00/3414994682 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sachingurule/6010634847/
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PublishedApril 14, 2012

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