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 01/03/2009 09:48:32 AM · #1


Is this the Owl moth? The pic I could find on this beauty has the 'eye' on the upper wing....

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 01/03/2009 10:08:46 AM · #2
Good question...We have this butterfly exhibit here in Cleveland and if I remember correctly it seemed that several of the butterfly's had this, or similar, type of design on the underside of their wings...Anybody a butterfly expert?
 01/03/2009 10:22:42 AM · #3
Owl Butterfly. The wings are bright blue when open I believe.
 01/03/2009 11:03:04 AM · #4
Antennae peg it as a butterfly. Probably the Owl Butterfly. Richard Seaman shot of same insect:



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 01/03/2009 12:40:13 PM · #5
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Owl Butterfly. The wings are bright blue when open I believe.


That's the Blue Morpho which looks similar to the Owl when closed, but has more eyes.



The OP is indeed an Owl Butterfly.

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 01/03/2009 09:04:54 PM · #6
Thank you so much, this monster butterfly is really big, impressively so. I just had to know and with your help it was easy to google and find.

Real name is the Giant Owl Butterfly (Caligo Eurilochus). I found this one in South Africa.... strange as it is suppose to a 'Mexico to North American' species.
 01/03/2009 09:06:36 PM · #7
Butterflies rest with their wings closed, and moths with their wings open.
 01/03/2009 09:13:46 PM · #8
Originally posted by rjkstesch:
Butterflies rest with their wings closed, and moths with their wings open.


That's not always true, but sounds like a pretty good base to start with in most cases.

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