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    Default Unknown Cat

    Hi all,

    Spotted this unknown cat. Is this a butterfly cat or moth? Looks more like a moth?




    Cheers!
    Bobby Mun

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    It looks like the cat of a species of Slug Moth. I think I've read somewhere that they are poisonous!
    Last edited by Painted Jezebel; 03-Jan-2009 at 03:24 AM.

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    poisonous? Careful Bobby.

    Cheers!

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    looks close to Darna pallivitta (Limacodidae)
    something of a polyphagous species (a pest at times, often in palm oil plantations)

    cheers, Roger.
    Roger C. KENDRICK Ph.D.

    C & R Wildlife, Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong S.A.R.
    HK Moths website: http://www.hkmoths.com
    HK Moths Recording Project on i-Naturalist: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/hong-kong-moths
    HK Moths Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/hongkongmoths/

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