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Atlas Moth

Attacus atlas

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Field Notes

Description:

The largest moth species in the world.

Habitat:

Forested campus

Notes:

This moth wandered into our hospital ward and I had to help it out of the window. The picture shows scale.

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Comments (5)
DanielePralong
What a beautiful specimen Vijay Anand Ismavel! And thanks for helping it out :-)

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PublishedOctober 8, 2013

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