kd05
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: Moth or Butterfly? |
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Hi, I spootted this in my garden yesterday afternoon. I think it is a moth but not too sure. Would love to know which if anybody can help.
Thanks
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FlowerFreak22
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It is a moth, maybe Asura polyspila or Asura lydia.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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I believe it to be a butterfly.
Moths have feathery antenna and typically come out at night.
Antenna look smooth from my vantage point.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Butterflies usually sit with them wings closed above them and moths normally hold theirs in the way the one in your photograph does. I think it may be Asura bipars as the pattern isn't the same as Asura lydia.
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kd05
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:21 am Post subject: |
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thank you for helping 
I have another pic if anyone could help with this
thanks
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