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Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

Emperor moths (Saturniidae)

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WendyEM wrote:
6 Apr 2025
No worries. Good you rescued the first one. Maybe 2nd was a potential mate turning up.
Opodiphthera helena
YellowButton wrote:
6 Apr 2025
@DiBickers, @donhe, @ibaird & @WendyEM
It was 2 x moths. Sorry, it was the early days of me putting photos up on Nature Map and I thought cause they were together, it was important to note. (I would do this differently now) We found one in a bowl of water and thought it had drowned. I had been looking at it on my hand, and then it moved, so I placed it in the shad on the fence. Then, when we came back to see if it was ok, we noticed another moth. (some metres away) One of the moths was a darker colour. Apologies, for any confusion. They were beautiful moths.
Opodiphthera helena
ibaird wrote:
3 Apr 2025
Our policy is to stick with the AFD unless a species is missing from threir listing.
Opodiphthera helena
WendyEM wrote:
3 Apr 2025
both showing wings appear to be Opodiphthera helena. (based on Moths of Vic Pt.1 2nd Ed.) The first one, with the broad band across the wing is a bit like O. loranthi, but it looks like the band needs to be more suffused/less well defined lines than the moth above. BOLD has moved Opodiphthera to a new genus Austrocaligula. As yet ALA/AFD have not moved.
Opodiphthera helena
donhe wrote:
3 Apr 2025
@YellowButton : are these photos all of the same individual moth? The third looks browner, but maybe that is because of different lighting ?
Opodiphthera helena

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