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Grey Brahmid Moth

Brahmaea wallichii Gray, 1831

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Field Notes

Description:

Large moth with intricate designs on both the fore and the hind wings. The prominent design colours are gold, blue, black and some reddish here and there.
Wingspan: 155mm.

Habitat:

Cold place, thick forests with rhododendrons, weeping willows, ash, etc. Altitude: 8,000ft.

Notes:

This is my first Brahmid Moth spotting. I did not know at what altitude they reside. This is quite a desolate place, in the sense that there are few hamlets scattered here and there and hardly any agricultural activities. The people here simply live on tourism and some of them on yak rearing.

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Comments (7)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks Jacob Gorneau, Project Noah and PN Rangers for selecting my Brahid Moth as the SOTD. Thanks a lot.
Mark Ridgway
Fantastic species. They really look 3D. Congratulations.
Jacob Gorneau
Congratulations DrNamgyalT.Sherpa, your spotting has been selected as our spotting of the day! Our spotting of the day is a beautiful brahmin moth, Brahmaea wallichii, spotted by Project Noah user DrNamgyalT.Sherpa! What an amazing sight! National Moth Week is a global citizen science project aimed at promoting the importance of moths and their beauty. Join us July 20-28 by hosting or attending a moth night (public or private)! Visit nationalmothweek.org for more information and register an event for free here: http://nationalmothweek.org/register-a-nmw-event-2019/. https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/912577668
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks ornithoptera80, Antonio, Sukanya, Ava T-B and Albert for making it favourite.
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks Sukanya. Half-heartedly father-son stretched the white sheet that evening through the rain and luckily the light too came after sometime. Lo! And this was one of the first few visitors that night. I said to my family our treacherous trip was worth the ...
SukanyaDatta
This is one moth I REALLY want to see. Great shot, as usual Doc.

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PublishedJuly 25, 2019

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