Photo of the day.

[moonvoice]

Moth

Comments

[silverjackal]

The moth carries a sunset with him. Very appropriate as well as beautiful. :)

[spider_fox]

I thought it was one of the dead leaf moths, but I like the sunset idea better XD

[gone_fishing]

Oh, wow, the moth's colouring is neat. It's like a sunset on his back XD

[donnalotus]

Oooh pretty one!

[shinryou]

I really like the coloring on this one.

[urbanimal]

Beautiful. Do you know what species he/she is?

[moonvoice]

I've been on the databases for about two hours and I still have no idea. A big problem is that the majority of Western Australian moths aren't identified online; there's too many species and a low (proportionately) number of people to I.D. them. I tentatively think it may be a member of the Gnamptoloma family, but I have no idea. I could be radically wrong on all counts. :/ There's no 'moths of Western Australia' reference books either.

I could probably email an entomologist and find out though?

[tangledaxon]

Aaah! I love this so much! Its wings look like painted vellum.

[burningbright]

It looks like a leaf! I wonder what species it is?