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Old 10th April 2007   #1
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Guest in my spare bedroom for 2 nights..the giant atlas moth
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Old 10th April 2007   #2
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You have a beautiful guest. I'll love to take some shots of it
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Old 10th April 2007   #3
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It is a Atlas moth. Read this thread at http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=266307
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Old 11th April 2007   #4
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this moth totally rocks...
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Old 11th April 2007   #5
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back in the kampong days, if this kinda moth enters your house, it means you will be expecting some guest coming to your home..
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Old 11th April 2007   #6
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Beautiful-!
It stayed there for 2 nights? Nice
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Old 11th April 2007   #7
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wow!
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Old 11th April 2007   #8
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Originally Posted by duckvader2001 View Post




Guest in my spare bedroom for 2 nights..the giant atlas moth
wah! BIG!
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Old 12th April 2007   #9
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Originally Posted by kairospix View Post
wah! BIG!
This moth is born to die. It has no mouth. It is
designed to breed and then die.

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Old 12th April 2007   #10
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Allan Teo, care to explain? When it turned into moth, it cant consume?
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Old 12th April 2007   #11
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A little about their biology here: http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/atlas_moth.htm
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