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I went on a walk through a highmoor and suddenly I saw this beautiful butterfly. It is a Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) and it belongs to the family Saturniidae. Although it is a moth, which normally are nocturnal the males of this species are diurnal and searching for females. The females are "sleeping" in the daytime and attract males with pheromones originating from a gland. On this pic you can see the gland (it's a female). It is the small yellow, semilunar thing on the end of the abdomen.
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~MurkyVisions Jan 2, 2013  Student General Artist
Pretty interesting that this species has got those fake eyes on the lower site of the wings, too... Neat shot!
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~Pyroraptor42 Aug 23, 2012
it wings looks like 2 snake heads O.o
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!Adi-Emus Aug 14, 2008   Photographer
beautiful :)
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~nele102 Jan 23, 2008
Hi Sheryl again, ;)

thanks!

I own only general insect books. For ID requests I always ask in forums like diptera.info, lepiforum ([link]) or entomologie.de.

I just don't know were to begin with literature on insects. ;)

Greetings
Nele
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!SherylLaBouchardiere Jan 23, 2008
Very beautiful shot. You've just reminded me I was going to treat myself to a good Moth ID book this pay day. I'm off to Amazon to decide which one. Can't wait for moths to return again this year, too few about at this time of year.
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~nele102 Jan 13, 2008
Baby bunny! :D Makes sense.

Thanks for your comments. :)
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`marble911 Jan 13, 2008   Photographer
Toller Fund, schön festgehalten.
Ich hatte bisher erst einmal das Vergnügen (ein Männchen)...war echt ganz hin und weg, wie groß und hübsch die sind.
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~LemnosExplorer Jan 12, 2008  Professional Artist
awesome
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~incarnateddevotion Jan 12, 2008
Wow, this one is sooo sharp :D
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~Dolore Jan 12, 2008
I love Emperor moths! All though I haven't seen one myself. ):
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