ramkulkarni
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: Any ID on a green, orange and black Moth? |
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What is this? 
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toni
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Could you tell us what part of the world you live in? That will make the search so much easier.
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ramkulkarni
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| toni wrote: | | Could you tell us what part of the world you live in? That will make the search so much easier. |
Yah..Its from Pune, India
I am not from this field and I took the photograph just because I found the moth (?) interesting. So I don't have anything more to add about it!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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They've got approximately 10,000 species of moths in India.  Maybe you should try submitting it to http://www.whatsthatbug.com?
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toni
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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I got lucky, I found it.
It is the male Eudocima materna
http://www.inra.fr/papillon/noctuid/ophideri/texteng/e_matern.htm
And it appears to be an agricultural pest, it attacks citrus fruit and sucks the juice out.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Gosh, Toni, you're good!
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