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Automeris zugana, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128424/automeris_zugana_milpe_bird_sanctuary_ecuador.html" title="Automeris zugana, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/128424_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=t%2BQ18UXCNbY%2BrDT2QMEtoeBp6H8%3D" width="200" height="130" alt="Automeris zugana, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128385/automeris_zugana_milpe_bird_sanctuary_ecuador.html Automeris zugana,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Milpe Bird Sanctuary,South America,World" /></a></figure> Automeris zugana,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Milpe Bird Sanctuary,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. Amazing shape Posted 3 years ago
    1. It's a really cool genus. Wings closed they kind of look like a dried leaf, wings open is a spectacle:

      Automeris postalbida, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador  Automeris postalbida,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Milpe Bird Sanctuary,South America,World
      Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago

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''Automeris zugana'' is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found from Panama to western Ecuador. The habitat consists of hyperhumid tropical rain forests at altitudes between 60 and 1,400 meters.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jan 21, 2022. Captured Nov 8, 2021 19:48 in 2F9H+7X Quito, Ecuador.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/11.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm