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beautiful brown and purple colors, silky body red brown color, thin antennae, about 15 cm wingspan. Also very friendly!
this is a semi desertic area.
i´ve spotted similar moths all year round in this area.
Spotted on Jun 15, 2022
Submitted on Jul 28, 2022
3 Comments
Thank u Ornithoptera80 and Brian 38!
It is the Lebeau's Silk Moth, (Rothschildia lebeau). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204076
Beautiful moth and welcome to Project Noah!