Thursday, September 6, 2012

An Orange Moth For Nature Notes


For today's Nature Notes I'm posting pictures from my archives. I saw this spectacular moth (looking at the head gear makes me think so) in my parents' backyard. This was taken two years ago and although I've looked at tons of Google images I haven't come across anything similar to this one. I'd be happy if anyone would be able to identify it for me.:)

There's more in store at Michelle's Rambling Woods.

Edited to add: My thanks to Cyren and Brittanie (see comment section) for identifying this spectacular insect. It's a type of Cranefly and not what I thought it was, a moth.

11 comments:

Sylvia K said...

What a colorful fellow he is! Wish I knew what his name is!! Love your captures for the day though!! Great to have archives, isn't it? Hope your week is going well!

lotusleaf said...

That is a very unusual moth, and beautiful too. The header in my blog is Colville's Glory which is in full bloom in the park opposite my sister's house.

Cyren said...

I think this may actually be some sort of crane fly (and not a moth) instead. :)

Brittanie said...

I agree with my friend Cyren here (who led me to your blog btw beautiful!!) that this is indeed a type of cranefly.

Please note the complete and utter lack of a proboscis and presence of pedipalps (however tiny they are).

Rambling Woods said...

Oh he (or she) is just beautiful. I love the orange color and the detail you were able to get with these macro shots is really amazing. Thank you for the color for this week's Nature Notes...Michelle

Leora said...

So I've learned a new one: cranefly. Thank you for being so observant of nature.

Wendy said...

Nice shot! What a lovely colour orange he is. And now you've identified him, so the mystery is solved!
Have a good weekend.

SandyCarlson said...

Wow. The color is gorgeous!

ShySongbird said...

Hi Kanak, What a beauty and your mystery is solved :-) Its a lovely colour!

Thanks so much for the extra info regarding Nishant on my blog. I left you a slightly late reply.

stardust said...

I’ve never seen an insect like this. Now I’ve learned it is a crane fly. It is a beautiful color, and the center part looks like a lobster.

Yoko

eileeninmd said...

What a cool looking insect, I like the color too. Great shots and thanks for sharing.