Hi DGers who love butterflies!..(and moths..)
i thought some folks might like to see this colorful moth.
i've never seen red tones on a moth before,
don't have any idea what it's named.
maybe someone here does.
i think its very beautiful!
thanks friends,
arte in australia.
Beautiful moth! I have no idea of IDs for moths found in Australia. It reminds me of an Indian chief with head dress! Lovely colors on that moth! Very cool! Thanks for sharing your photo!
Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for the wonderful pic.
What a beauty!!! It might be a Eustixis rubritexta or a Eustixis something, couldn't find much on it.
What pretty colors. I'd love to see it with it's wings open. Thanks for sharing.
I D-mailed ken the link to this thread...chances are, he'll know.
That's beautiful!
bloomoon,
Sorry to be so slow in replying to Melody's request, but I have been away for 3 weeks.
Your beautiful moth is the Lily Caterpillar Moth - Spodoptera picta: http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_3791.htm
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/acro/picta.html
I have created an entry for the moth in BugFiles here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/5065/
and it would be great if you would add your image of the moth to that page,
Kennedy
What a fantastic looking moth Bloo!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
~ Cat
HeY! ..thanks everyone for your friendly, enthusiastic words.
It's always nice to read a bit of contact.
and woo hi!, to my fellow aussie kennedyh, great work,
an i.d ! ~ thanks so much K.
i always like to know the names,
and a Lily Caterpillar Moth sounds like the right thing for my lily loving garden.
I'd never seen one quite like this before.
the world is full of beautiful rare wonders.
Thanks DG'ers, nice to see you all.
arte
in Oz.
a painting of mine below.
Hi all, I've just spotted this lil one on my Star Magnolia's leave, the shape looks similiar to the above lily's moth, but the coloring is vastly difference. Please help I.D.
Sorry the quality of the picture is very clear. But I'm so excited to have found this lil baby!
My last attempt in trying to get a better pic.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1669/
Beautiful Wood Nymph
Melody; thank you for the I.D.
