Fw: Unidentified moth?

[Carolyn King]

The moth was photographed in the UK. 
Someone has identified it as a Ruby Tiger, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, and it 
has been confirmed by the lady who photographed it.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera/browse_thread/thread/ba9b6fc946a97acf/c3621add6e2eb7e9?hl=en#c3621add6e2eb7e9

I'd still like to know how it does that trick with its wings! 
And there's a photo at  http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2157  showing it 
holding its wings above its back!
Carolyn

----- Forwarded by Carolyn King/fs/YorkU on 05/02/06 06:38 PM -----

Carolyn King/fs/YorkU
05/02/06 06:08 PM

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Sorry, Hugh.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/Elliebeespics/DSC01142.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/Elliebeespics/DSC01143.jpg
Carolyn


"Hugh McGuinness" <hmcguinness at ross.org> 
05/02/06 05:52 PM

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Can someone re-port the original link to the photo of this moth? I don?t 
seem to have received the original e-mail.
 
hugh
 
Hugh McGuinness
The Ross School
18 Goodfriend Dr.
East Hampton, NY 11963
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I didn't get the original 
posting. 
I saw a moth that did something similar to this, in Costa Rica 9 years 
ago. Unfortunately we put off taking a photograph of it that night, and 
the next morning it had assumed a normal position. I haven't mentioned it 
to many people because I didn't think they'd believe me! Has anyone else 
observed this? 
It doesn't look like "3 inches in length" to me, judging by the plywood 
next to it, more like 1 inch. 
Carolyn King 
Toronto Entomologists' Association 


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"Norman Tulloch" <norman.tulloch at virgin.net> wrote in message 
news:1146523589.037580.295380 at i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> David,
>
> You suggested that it would have been helpful if I had given an
> indication of the size of the moth.
>
> The person who asked about it said that it was "about 3 inches in
> length".
>
> Norman Tulloch
>

Is it just me? What is that thing doing with it's forewings? And hindwings 

for that matter. Bending them along a median line at 90 degrees out away 
from the body? ?? 




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