Saffron-bodied Clear-tip, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

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Christine Young

Lion

Nice one! Bertholdia albipuncta, or similar? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  You're so quick! Looks exactly right, thanks. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    You're welcome, it was an easy one! Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Whoa, I'm only seeing this now as I zoomed into another photo of the same species...those light marks on their wings are not marks, they are the complete absence of any scales. We're looking at the cloth itself, see-through.
      
      Pretend that you didn't already see this. Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Huh, I didn't realize that at all. Very cool! I think the "white" areas look like dalmatians. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Wow, I found a detail you didn't see :) Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Haha, busted! Posted 6 years ago
    3. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Ah, found the common name which highlights this feature: Saffron-bodied Clear-tip. Posted 6 years ago
    4. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I like the common name, or at least the saffron part. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        B-b-but...the cleartip part is what matters here. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        True, true, true...especially because the clear part looks like dalmatians. Please tell me you see the dog profiles. There is also an elephant with eyeshine below the thorax... Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Ok, either you're messing with me or this is an epic hivemind moment. Did you or did you not see my FB post where I said the exact same thing? Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        About the dalmatians or the elephant?! Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Oh, but no - I have not checked FB. Did you post this moth for ID on FB? Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I just checked FB and don't see a post about this moth. I did see that you tagged me in a Loxophlebia moth post though. The suspense is killing me, what is the joke? Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        It was another post, I just mentioned you in it in a comment :) Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, it also has dalmatians. I can see them CLEARly. It was a great TIP of you to point that out. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Whoa, weird (the elephant comment, yes?)!
        
        And, um, I am so relieved that you clearly understood my tip concerning the dalmatians. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, the elephant comment. I really thought you just copied it over, it was so alike. Clearly I was wrong, my correctness kind of tipped over into wrongness. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Seriously weird! It would have been weirder if you had also mentioned the dalmatians as well though ;) Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Which dalmations? Posted 6 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

OHHHHH, no. The dalmatians are perfectly CLEAR! Even more so than the demonic elephant holding a tissue... Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Haha, now it's holding a tissue, that's a nice addition. That part of the wing is damaged, on my FB post I brushed it away, yet did not do so here :) Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Hehe, thanks. The elephant is either holding a tissue or foaming at the trunk. Foaming at the trunk may make more sense though because of the glowing eyes. It must be a zombie elephant. Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, its totally drooling, like that time when you rattled your sack of bones whilst limping :) Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Lololol! Except, I totally don't drool...Aside from sometimes when I'm sleeping. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        This has become such a smart-ass thread of clever teases and border-line insults. All in good fun, of course :) Posted 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Truly. We excel in the art of smartassery. Posted 6 years ago

The Saffron-bodied Clear-tip

''Bertholdia albipuncta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Venezuela and Brazil.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant