Saturday, June 17, 2006
Back to the bugs
The flow of photos from Panama resumes. Here are three of the same moth, a male Urania fulgens that had the misfortune to be roadkilled just outside Altos de Campana National Park. U. fulgens is a day-flying moth that strongly resembles a swallowtail butterfly. Although this one was killed by a vehicle, its wings remained mostly intact; I froze it at the STRI lab in hopes that someone will pin it and give it new life as a permanent entomological specimen.
U. fulgens from above:
And from below, showing the underside of the wings:
One more, unfortunately a bit less sharp, but with my hand present for scale:
For more information about this beautiful moth, I'll defer to an expert, Dr. Neal Smith, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in Panama. Here's his Urania page.
U. fulgens from above:
And from below, showing the underside of the wings:
One more, unfortunately a bit less sharp, but with my hand present for scale:
For more information about this beautiful moth, I'll defer to an expert, Dr. Neal Smith, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in Panama. Here's his Urania page.
