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Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:16 pm
by Buzz Lightyear
Took this picture today, i thought it was quite strange, amazing markings.

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Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:31 am
by EMDEE
Looks like it's an Emperor Moth:

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1643

Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:26 am
by Bobbie En Tejas
That is one ugly critter..

Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:01 am
by EMDEE
Bobbie En Tejas wrote:That is one ugly critter..


Some folk think these creatures have their own beauty.

The markings and shape of the moth are uncannily similar to the head of a bird of prey and have obviously evolved as a defence. Predators that might feed on a moth will not go near this one for fear of being eaten themselves.

Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:45 am
by ionnsaigh
What a beautiful creature - :D a million years in the making - If a moth can do that - just think what we humans can do.

Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:50 am
by ionnsaigh
Poor creature - obviously an owl that has become stuck in quick drying concrete. :lol:

Re: Is it a moth or is it watching you?

PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:40 pm
by EMDEE
ionnsaigh wrote:What a beautiful creature - :D a million years in the making - If a moth can do that - just think what we humans can do.


We could ruin the whole world in less than a hundred years if we like. :shock: