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Footman moth

Tigrioides leucanioides

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 2.5cm, just barely visible (look hard) on the right black strip near the head is a parasitic fly, and another further down on the left side stripe.

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

Spotted in the washroom near the canteen in Tawau hills park.

Species ID Suggestions

Footman moth

Tigrioides cf. leucanioides

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NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Thanks for the reminder Chun. I've added it to my notes about the small parasitic flies on it.
ChunXingWong
Don't forget the main reason you uploaded this moth Dan :-)

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PublishedApril 5, 2014

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