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Commander
14-Mar-2010, 05:53 PM
If not for the fact that we startled this moth and it flew to perch on the tree trunk, we would not have noticed it. Very well camouflaged on the tree. It's a rather large moth with a wingspan of about 8cm.

The 2nd shot shows a close-up of its head and the patterns on its wings.

Will have to wait for Roger's help to ID it. :)

butterfly_effect
14-Mar-2010, 07:17 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4431812706_009fe7b2da.jpg

this is how hard it was to see it :P

Great Mormon
14-Mar-2010, 07:42 PM
Great camo, even beats SAF's latest camo uniforms! :bsmile:
Cool looking moth, it looks like its even curved, just like the circumference of the tree

Wanderer
14-Mar-2010, 09:42 PM
looks like tiger hide! :bsmile:

hkmoths
16-Mar-2010, 07:22 PM
Amblychia hymenaria
Geometridae, Ennominae

Moths of Borneo 10: 206, plate 12

cheers, Roger.

butterfly_effect
16-Mar-2010, 10:43 PM
Thanks Roger! :)