Yep, it’s called called “Exposed Bird-dropping Moth” (Tarache aprica; family, Noctuidae; subfamily, Acontiinae). As the title says, I swear I am not making this up!
I’m pleased with how this turned out. No macro lens. Just the 55–250mm lens zoomed all the way out. The image is cropped down completely to the posted size (i.e., the uploaded image is pixel-by-pixel from the full sized image).
Magnify to see its little face better!
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
This is an amazing find! I love his name and his eyes! The other day I found myself wondering if I would ever seen a new (to me) bug because I have seen alot of bugs! But I have seen a leafhopper larva or nymph with a brush tail ( have not posted yet) and a Snowdrop Clearwing since I w served that. This bird poo moth is awesome! And you got an excellent zoom macro of it! Zoom macro is still best for moths, butterflies, and dark flies! Fav
Thom, I was just thinking how you ahve changed as a photographer over the years and its made me smile.. For a 'dismal scientist' you have learned well, studied hard, broke old habits and producing some fine pieces of work :D
Too kind... It's very true :) You have grown :) Dare I even say artistic at times as well :)
Us nutty scientists can give them a run for their money :)
@michelleyoung Aww, thanks again. But I still bow & defer to the Water Queen! ;) While I am obviously focusing on nature — flowers & "bugs" — I'd like to think that what I post here is still photographically appealing, in contrast to the tightly-cropped images I post to the scientific sites for IDs of my flowers & bugs!
![‘Gray Half-Spot’ [Filler]](https://media.365project.org/1/9510135_chjkuwyz79_sq.jpg "‘Gray Half-Spot’ [Filler]")
Us nutty scientists can give them a run for their money :)
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