Leaf mimicking moth
by Doris Potter
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Leaf mimicking moth
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Doris Potter
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I have had this identified as a Curve-toothed Geometer Moth by www.butterfliesandmoths.org. I passed it on a woodland trail and it caught my eye but I figured it was a fallen leaf. Something drew me back to it and it was only upon close inspection that I saw it was a moth. I find the tattered wings even add more to the illusion of a dead, withered leaf.
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May 22nd, 2013
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Timothy Myles
Wow, that's the best camouflage I've ever seen, amazingly ragged hind margins of those wings!
April Wietrecki
Great capture! Aren't these neat! I think you are right about the geometer moth.
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks April. I think mimicry and camouflage in nature is so amazing. Thanks for the ID help.
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