Omnibus nota est caput capitis hawkmoth, sed turpe puto esse, quod tam triste ingenium divulgavit. Superius multo laetius est Arctiinae Neotropicae e Guiana Gallico quae similis vultum Corydon ludit.. Triste hoc non est mea photographica, sed momento explorare debes Lepidopteristae Franciae website. Imagines eorum ex annuis expeditionibus me aemulum reddit!
Many thanks for quoting our Idalus dorsalis picture from French Guyana and adding a link to our website. I’ll add asap a link to your interesting blog.
By the way, I was astonishing by reading your post “1984” about taking pictures of farms. Farms as military secret buildings !!! I’m sure it’s to protect (and hide) Monsanto activities.
Optimus,
JMG
About death’s head moth, look at this one from Papua : Lymantria pelospila TURNER, 1915
Picture available on the page :
http://www.lepido-france.fr/2010/12/heteroceres-de-larfak/
See also : Xylophanes epaphus BOISDUVAL, 1875 : not a death’s head this time but a standing man wearing a hat !
From the page : http://www.lepido-france.fr/2011/04/sphingidae-de-guyane-francaise/
Many other moth interesting pics on the pages :
http://www.lepido-france.fr/category/H%C3%A9t%C3%A9roc%C3%A8res/
http://www.lepido-france.fr/2011/04/heteroceres-daustralie/
Optimus
JMG
Thanks for the other links. Would love to tag along on one of those trips some day, looks like lots of fun!
I added a link to the Skeptical Moth on the page :
http://www.lepido-france.fr/liens/categorie/heteroceres/
Optimus,
JMG