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Artichoke Plume Moth babysitting Butterfly - science name: artichoke plume moth<br /> Mum with hers babys Apochima flabellaria,Insects,Moth,artichoke plume moth Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies intro

Artichoke Plume Moth babysitting

Butterfly - science name: artichoke plume moth
Mum with hers babys

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  1. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    What a interesting looking insect, nice macro! Posted 14 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Thats amazing, really unique creature. Posted 14 years ago
  3. View Ludo Sak's profile
    Ludo Sak
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    Never heard of the species, it looks kind of spooky;) Identiified the photo just to read more about it. Hope you are not offended. Posted 13 years ago
  4. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    Although it looks like a plume moth, it is not.
    http://www.lepiforum.eu/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Apochima_Flabellaria
    http://www.lepidoptera.pl/show.php?ID=6803
    http://www.nature-of-oz.com/geometridae.htm
    Amazing camouflage
    http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=133974     Posted 11 years ago

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The Apochima flabellaria

''Apochima flabellaria'' is a moth of the Geometridae family. It was described by Heeger in 1838. It is found in North Africa, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the Near East, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Crete and Cyprus.

The wingspan is 34–39 mm for males and 32–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to April.

The larvae feed on ''Taraxacum'' and ''Senecio'' species.

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Uploaded Jul 17, 2011. Captured Feb 15, 2010 16:54.
  • NIKON D300
  • f/9
  • 1/160s
  • ISO500
  • 150mm

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