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Sleepyhead I disturbed the sleep of this moth because it was hanging under the spout and i NEEDED to know if it was dead or alive. It was alive :D Geotagged,Malaysia,Marbled white moth,Nyctemera adversata,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Sleepyhead

I disturbed the sleep of this moth because it was hanging under the spout and i NEEDED to know if it was dead or alive. It was alive :D

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Nice find, Azura! Posted 8 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    hi Azura, can you please set the location of this photo once more? Something went wrong with it, sorry for the inconvenience. Posted 8 years ago
  3. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    This is not Nyctemera coleta but Nyctemera adversata.
    http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/?level=picture&id=372     Posted 8 years ago

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The Marbled white moth

"Nyctemera adversata" is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, China territories like Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Japan (northern part of Honshu Island), Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java and Borneo) Philippines.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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By Azura Ahmad

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Uploaded Feb 27, 2017. Captured Feb 25, 2017 14:42 in 56, Bukit Fraser, 49000 Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia.
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  • Canon EOS 750D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO800
  • 300mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.