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Yellow/orange silk moth, Bellavista, Ecuador This is just plain cruelty, such a beautiful moth but can't find anything like it :( Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,South America,Spring,World Click/tap to enlarge

Yellow/orange silk moth, Bellavista, Ecuador

This is just plain cruelty, such a beautiful moth but can't find anything like it :(

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Gorgeous! Agree with silk moth and see a lot of similarities with Apatelodidae:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/25269799074/in/album-72157629662947575/     Posted 3 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      That looks familiar:

      Epiinae? Bellavista, Ecuador https://leps.fieldguide.ai/figure/6082d04cfe9c0e7e7be8adfb/detail?profile=figures&category=5eab6f6c748e5b55beff5b38 Bellavista Cloud Forest,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Geotagged,South America,Spring,World
       Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Yes...We need an expert! Posted 3 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          Will post some of the unidentified ones to some FB groups, you never know. Posted 3 years ago
          1. View Christine Young's profile
            Christine Young
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            Great idea! Posted 3 years ago
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              https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105836433 Posted 3 years ago
              1. View Christine Young's profile
                Christine Young
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                Cool -- I hope they get an ID! Posted 3 years ago

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Uploaded Jan 7, 2022. Captured Nov 7, 2021 20:31 in X8M9+JM Tandayapa, Ecuador.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/13.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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