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kd05
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: Moth or Butterfly?
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 ( photo / image / picture from kd05's Garden )

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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject:
It is a moth, maybe Asura polyspila or Asura lydia. _________________ Jon/FlowerFreak "There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." - Chief Luther Standing Bear "When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:
I believe it to be a butterfly. Moths have feathery antenna and typically come out at night. Antenna look smooth from my vantage point. Ron _________________ www.gardening-for-wildlife.com

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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject:
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:
thank you for helping I have another pic if anyone could help with this thanks ( photo / image / picture from kd05's Garden )

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