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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2014 20:30:28 GMT -8
Here is a moth long wanted. She is 90mm from Cilantrillo, Nuevo Leon, MEXICO Sept.2013  |
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Post by dertodesking on Feb 9, 2014 2:19:51 GMT -8
What a beauty, Bill  Well done on acquiring her... Simon |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 6:54:32 GMT -8
Beautiful. I'm sure you will be glad as I am when our state thaws out and the moth collecting can begin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 7:04:04 GMT -8
Thanks Taylor and Simon,
Yes, I will be very glad to get out moth'n, but all this snow may not melt until July........
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Post by obewan on Feb 9, 2014 16:59:16 GMT -8
Where did you get it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 17:43:49 GMT -8
A buddy of mine bid on it in an auction and legally imported it for me from Europe.
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Post by oehlkew on Feb 17, 2014 11:56:28 GMT -8
Very nice specimen, Bill.
When I post it to the Copaxa mannana page on WLSS, I notice some differences which could be within limits of natural variation, or could be just the angulation of the photo:
Your female has a slightly concave outer margin while o.m. of Kirby's female is straight. The pm line is less preapical in your image and the forewing am line shows little indentation at the cubitus. There are some other
less significant differences which I would normally attribute to variation within species. Maybe you have something not yet described, maybe it is as posted.
Bill Oehlke
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Post by shadow on Feb 17, 2014 12:33:08 GMT -8
Nice female Bill. My female from Kirby looks the same as the one shown. I've seen all of Kirby's females and there are little difference's.
Is the data from Texas? I heard a while back of a female caught in Southern Texas. Tough bug to get these day's.
John
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 16:26:58 GMT -8
Thanks Shadow.....it is from Mexico, not Texas.
Bill.....maybe it's me, but it does not seem too much different from the one at your site. Certainly, it is similarly marked. I am inclined to think that any smaller differences are mere variations.
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Post by anthony on Feb 18, 2014 10:22:34 GMT -8
What that is is truly nice, well worth waiting for. Congratulations.
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Post by 58chevy on Feb 18, 2014 13:06:24 GMT -8
Bill,
Your moth is much more colorful than the others of that species I have seen. The ones I have seen are more uniformly tan, like A. polyphemus, with just a touch of pink and no yellow. Nice specimen!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2014 14:54:53 GMT -8
Thanks 58chevy,
The males are tan compared to the females. My male is tannish and has no yellow. I did get lucky with her....she is ultra fresh.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 22:56:35 GMT -8
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Well done on acquiring her...
