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Owl butterfly

Photo by Holly Taylor
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Field Notes

Description:

This moth was about 6" tall. He never opened his wings or flew away while we watched him. He liked the attention.

Species ID Suggestions

Giant owl butterfly

Caligo memnon

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Comments (2)
LauraMaria
Owl butterflies are gorgeous :) I think you caught the patterns really well!
Isabela
Hi Holly, to add the info provided by lori.tas, click on EDIT this spotting and fil inl the fields for Common and Scientific names.

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