
I’m out of the Jungle. I had the most amazing 24 hours.
Before I start compiling my jungle photos, here is one I had to share. It is the most incredible looking moth I have ever seen!! I thought it was the cutest wood carved key chain shaped like a deer head sitting on the table….. then I thought, hang on, there’s no keys attached to it….I looked closer and realised it’s a moth. I looked around the room to see if I could find another similar one, there were a few flying around the lights, than I found another one resting on the floor with it’s wings spread open slightly. It looked more like a mask. From far, in the dark, it looked like darth vadar but with the camera flash it’s not so similar.
I have no idea what this moth is called. It should be named the transformer! 🙂 Is this a new species of moth??
More photos to follow 🙂
Thank you to Sagedoyle for identifying this as Prominent moth. Tarsolepis taiwana Notodontidae. Mystery solved!!

April 3, 2014 at 09:09
Isn’t nature clever? At first I really thought these were wood carvings. Stunning – Thanks for sharing 😀
April 3, 2014 at 09:02
Lol. Did it start to move?
April 3, 2014 at 08:57
indeed it is! I’ve never seen one quite like it! I really did almost pick it up thinking it was a carved wooded deer head key chair ;p
April 3, 2014 at 08:56
The moth is awesome isnt it! No tigers have been spotted in that area in recent history, and no records unfortunately. So I’m pretty safe ;p
April 3, 2014 at 08:54
This strange looking moth deserves it glory!!!