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Wasp Moth

Amata passalis

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

Iridescent moth about 25mm long. These pictures were taken during 7 days starting from 27/08/15

Habitat:

Spotted in my garden.

Reference Links:

Amata passalis - Information on Amata passalis

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Comments (19)
Leuba Ridgway
Congratulations on the SOTD and a great series, Sunny !
Mark Ridgway
Superb spotting sunnyjosef. Wonderful series. Thanks.
sunnyjosef
Thank you Dilan, Sukanya, Kranti and Venusflytrap200..
Caleb Steindel
Wow, terrific series, Sunny! Congratulations, thanks for sharing!
sunnyjosef
Thank you Larry and Leanne for their sweet words..
sunnyjosef
Thank you Ashley and Team Project Noah for this honor..
LeanneGardner
Congratulations on your SOTD Sunny! Love how you've shown the whole cycle. Great job.
AshleyT
Congrats Sunny, this incredible series of the life cycle of such a cool moth has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156048164495603/?type=1&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/641811662450913280
sunnyjosef
Thank you Dr. Sherpa.. It was wonderful.. but unfortunately the moth selected a Papaya tree to deposit the eggs which is not the correct host tree for the species. So all the larvae died of within two days of hatching. Papaya leaf oozes out a very potent sap which is not edible for many insects.
DrNamgyalTSherpa
What a satisfying feeling you might have had Sunny to follow them through the stages of their life cycle! Now for the pupa stage and back to adult! Good luck!

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PublishedSeptember 5, 2015

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