Summer puzzler: What Lep is this?

froggy
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Summer puzzler: What Lep is this? Jun 29, 2013 8:18:22 GMT -8

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Post by froggy on Jun 29, 2013 8:18:22 GMT -8

A bit of light fun for the summer:

Please identify the lep pictured below
- Extra credits for any additional info on distribution, food plant, life cycle, etc...

- Extra extra credits for any discussion of the principles of Physics illustrated

Will confirm when correct answer is posted

Enjoy

Froggy

(Hint: note the 2 very different types of scales)

simosg Senior Member Posts: 414	Summer puzzler: What Lep is this? Jun 29, 2013 11:01:24 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by simosg on Jun 29, 2013 11:01:24 GMT -8 Urania?

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Summer puzzler: What Lep is this? Jun 29, 2013 19:48:07 GMT -8

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Post by froggy on Jun 29, 2013 19:48:07 GMT -8

Indeed!
Simosg I am quite impressed, I would have thought it would have taken at least a few tries.
Should be easy now to guess the species.
Congrats on knowing your leps microscopically as well as macroscopically.

Froggy

Zacatak Senior Member Posts: 381	Summer puzzler: What Lep is this? Jun 29, 2013 22:21:09 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Zacatak on Jun 29, 2013 22:21:09 GMT -8 Urania would have been my first guess also, its that single moth/butterfly you can see all these colours in just one area of wing pattern, that stood out in my memory
	Last Edit: Jun 29, 2013 22:22:16 GMT -8 by Zacatak

froggy Full Member Posts: 64	Summer puzzler: What Lep is this? Jul 1, 2013 5:27:50 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by froggy on Jul 1, 2013 5:27:50 GMT -8 You folks are just too good! How about some of the extra credit then?

Post by froggy on Jun 29, 2013 8:18:22 GMT -8

Post by simosg on Jun 29, 2013 11:01:24 GMT -8

Post by froggy on Jun 29, 2013 19:48:07 GMT -8

Post by Zacatak on Jun 29, 2013 22:21:09 GMT -8

Post by froggy on Jul 1, 2013 5:27:50 GMT -8