A RARE CATCH:)

[Zacatak]

I just got this specimen from a friend of mine for my collection, its a highly rare pink Aenetus Virescens.

This species is usually Green, but this specimen was caught a few weeks ago at a light trap, i have 2 more that are golden as you can see below.. very weird, and very interesting.

enjoy:)

zac

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[Zacatak]

one of the 2 golden abarrations

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[jensb]

Very very nice catch enjoy them.

[Zacatak]

hi jens,

thanks im sure i will he really is a beauty, and so very rare. the pink form a aenetus virescens would have to be the rarest form besides the yellow/golden form above. i don't have any intention on letting it go either as it really is a once in a lifetime catch. i guess the real question i ask myself is would i ever sell such a beauty as this...hmm its a hard one.

[Zacatak]

by the way... if those who are wondering from the pink aenetus virescens photo, why the tracing paper has a couple of pin holes in the area's covering the specimen.. its from use on the otherside. i wouldn't want some of you to think OH NO pin holes is such a beauty! haha no im much too careful then that in my mounting process, just wanted to clear that up

[jensb]

one question don't you set the Antennae?

Greets jens

[Zacatak]

hi jens,

yes i do correct the antennae of all my specimens. i did reposition the antennae after it took this photo. Aenetus virescens i noticed have really short antennae. so most times they don't really need much attention as long as they are straight

[colin12303]

Everything is for sale in my collection for the right price.
Just ask my wife!!!!

[jackblack]

Are you sure they are the same species ?
A bit of serious DNA work going on with Aust Hepialids these days .
Do you know the people working on them ?
Although I`m not a moth collector after raring specimens from billets last few months some interesting species appearing in our patch of forest.

[clinton9]

Hi Zac,
26th November 2012 at 12:43am I caught a pink male Puriri moth at Monument Light, Thames, I didn't belived my luck.
It is my first time I had seen in my life as I had never seen such pink Puriri moth before.

I had caught 33 normal green Puriri male moths during 10pm to 1am, because moths kept coming up to 1am.

The moth had pink body and wings in shades from yellow to pink.

But camera in my moblie caused the photoes to made pink moth gone golden yellow instead of pink, orange.


26/11/12 At Monument light at 11:20pm I saw a male Puriri moth flying down...I noticed a pink colour on flying moth...I ran fast and found a moth with colour similar to pink Puriri moth...I don't belive my luck again.
After I caught & killed it, it had amost no pink on wings, but wings looked golden, through it had pink body.
I caught 9 normal Puriri moths.

Both pink and golden moths are A1 (no damages to wings).



Normal males.

Pink male.

Pink (left), normal (centre), Golden (right).

pink (right) normal (left)

pink (left) normal (right)

I drawn the pink Puriri moth.

Golden Puriri moth.

I sent the pink & golden Puriri moths to my friend Zac.

[Zacatak]

thanks clinton for the information. and i thank you for all the hard work too collecting at the lights for these rare forms. look forward to more, but knowing how rare they are i know im lucky to have got what you sent me.

[clinton9]

Here's photo of alive normal male Puriri moth, 20/1/13.