Butterfly/Moth from Thailand by Hubbabub

Photography • Animals • posted on Feb 22, 2006

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I took this photo of the butterfly/moth in September 2004 in a orchid farm just outside Chiang mai.

Comments (15)

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Zacko

2:59PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

OH MY!!! That is one big ass butty!!! Awesome!!!! Brilliant macro...if it even qualifies as that being that huge, lol. Have a great day. #:O)

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DELMUR

3:22PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

supeb image ! a wonder!

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hozsarac

3:31PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

superb and facinating!... congrats!..

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gizmo563

3:39PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

Beautiful!

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danob

3:50PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

Its a Moth not a butterfly You can see the snakes heads at the wing tips which is part of its defence mechanism..

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TwoPynts

4:05PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

Looks a bit like an Atlas moth. Very impressive capture, cool about that snake's head! ;]

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kimariehere

4:32PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

beautiful moth and perfect crop of it !!...well done

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jocko500

6:30PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

very super close up on this

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thunder7

10:37PM | Wed, 22 February 2006

And what did you say the other morning? You where not that good of a Photographer???. This is excellent detail, just awesome

wgardenhire

1:22AM | Thu, 23 February 2006

Beautiful moth. The more definitive clue for moth vs butterfly identification would be the feathered antenna. This is most probably a male Atlas moth, from the family Emperor moths, most of which are found in the Chiang Mai area. Excellent work.

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Chaos911

1:03PM | Thu, 23 February 2006

wow, this on huge butterfly, excellently done!!!!

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wastl001

1:33PM | Thu, 23 February 2006

Excellent shot with fantastic detail!!

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jcv2

5:18AM | Fri, 24 February 2006

Wow, impressive capture of this giant moth! Quite a stunning shot of this incredible fluttering moth, with these fascinating smelling-antenna's (to detect pontential mates of the other gender)! Excellent work! :)

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morin3000

6:52AM | Tue, 14 March 2006

Brilliant just positively fantastic Photo and artwork ***** ((V))

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PatGoltz

10:04PM | Sun, 26 February 2012

It's an Atlas Moth, Attacus atlas. Wonderful shot! Moths have antennae that look like feathers, while butterflies have very slender antennae with a knob on the end.