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Venus turntail

Caligatus angasii

Photo by dotun55
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6.452, 3.414

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Description:

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Anacardium occidentale, Protorhus longifolia, Harpephyllum caffrum, Rhus longifolia,

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Comments (6)
dotun55
But jokes apart, PN needs you alive. Who will document such moth(s) if you decide to go just like that?
LaurenZarate
I think I would just fall over dead if I saw something like this on my bushes! Unbelievable.
injica
Totally artistic and incredible :)

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedMarch 31, 2013

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