Eyed paectes moth ( Paectes oculatrix ), #8957 by larose forest photos

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02-JUL-2018	Christine Hanrahan

Eyed paectes moth (Paectes oculatrix), #8957

Reveler Conservation Area

Summer means mothing season... and when it is hot and humid it is good for moths, so I have been out several times to the conservation area at night to look for moths and hundreds and hundreds have been attracted to the lights, including this small Noctuid which I was very happy to see.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/3.2 at 9.8mm iso100 full exif

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Dan Greenberg		10-Jun-2021 04:41
PS: Thanks for the idea of going out at night and using a light to attract them.

Dan Greenberg		10-Jun-2021 04:40
Beautiful job of photographing it showing its nearly perfect, but still well defined in this case, camouflage. ~BV~

victorswan		05-Jul-2018 08:10
yet beautiful to see how well they are camouflaged against the tree trunk, beautiful work BV

janescottcumming		04-Jul-2018 00:15
Wow, what a cool looking guy. His wings look like eyes.

Isabel Cutler		03-Jul-2018 17:18
What a vewuty!

Tom Murray		03-Jul-2018 17:18
Nice one Christine. I only see them on the moth sheet, not in a natural setting like this.

Claude Gagnon		03-Jul-2018 16:54
Wonderful close-up of this very nice moth :))

Jim Coffman		03-Jul-2018 16:47
Wow, what an unusual moth!!

Carl Carbone		03-Jul-2018 16:35
Very cool moth! Excellent close-up!

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