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In Blue This is a Lichen Moth, its the same species of Moth I saw earlier this month in Malaysia.<br /> Prior to that, have not seen this Moth before, so it was rather surprising to me.<br /> <br /> On this particular picture, you can see the scales are blue in colour. In subsequent pictures, the Moth moved and the colour of the scales changed to black, its probably due to the different angle I took the picture and how the light hits the scales that reflects different colours, truly amazing to me :)<br /> <br /> The other picture showing it in black :<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/45232/in_black.html" title="In Black"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2994/45232_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=UuNlO%2BBK5oSWxK0cLSAYjxHFWP0%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="In Black This is the same Lichen Moth - Oeonistis altica from the previous Spotting and from a different angle, the scales reflected the light differently and its black in this picture instead of blue.<br /> <br /> The other picture showing it in blue :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/45231/in_blue.html Geotagged,Lichen Moth,Moth,Oeonistis altica,Philippines,Quezon,Summer" /></a></figure><br /> Geotagged,Lichen Moth,Moth,Oeonistis altica,Philippines,Quezon,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

In Blue

This is a Lichen Moth, its the same species of Moth I saw earlier this month in Malaysia.
Prior to that, have not seen this Moth before, so it was rather surprising to me.

On this particular picture, you can see the scales are blue in colour. In subsequent pictures, the Moth moved and the colour of the scales changed to black, its probably due to the different angle I took the picture and how the light hits the scales that reflects different colours, truly amazing to me :)

The other picture showing it in black :

In Black This is the same Lichen Moth - Oeonistis altica from the previous Spotting and from a different angle, the scales reflected the light differently and its black in this picture instead of blue.<br /> <br /> The other picture showing it in blue :<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/45231/in_blue.html Geotagged,Lichen Moth,Moth,Oeonistis altica,Philippines,Quezon,Summer

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Nice effect! A lot of black birds have the same effect. They aren't truly black once you get close and the light hits at a certain angle. Posted 8 years ago
    1. View Albert Kang's profile
      Albert Kang
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      Yes, that was what I thought too. Posted 8 years ago

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The Oeonistis altica

''Oeonistis altica'' is a member of Arctiidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, northern India, the Philippines, Taiwan as well as in Australia in Queensland.

Adults are deep yellow, with black markings on the forewings.

The larvae feed lichen, and possibly also on ''Flacourtia'' and ''Ficus'' species. They are pale grey with a black stripe along the back and hairy.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 15, 2016. Captured Sep 14, 2016 01:14 in Siniloan - Famy - Real - Infanta Road, Real, Quezon, Philippines.
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  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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