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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Euchlaena » Obtuse Euchlaena - Hodges#6726 (Euchlaena obtusaria)
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Euchlaena - Euchlaena obtusaria - female
Copyright © 2012 Iustin Cret

Euchlaena - Euchlaena obtusaria - Female
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
May 23, 2012
Size: wingspan aprox 40 mm
I guess it belongs to the tribe Anagogini, but I'm not sure.

Initially, the moth was on the floor. After a while, it changed its position on the wall. This was not a good decision. It chose a place where a gecko hide and look out for moth. The chosen place was where a gecko usually hides and hunts moths. The gecko gets closer slowly. When it was near, the gecko gets the moth with a fast-moving catch.
The moth was lucky and escaped only with a missing fragment of one wing. The moth dropped on the floor, and after a while it was able to fly, and hide in a bush.

It was not the first time when I saw this gecko catching a moth. I do not intervene, I let the nature to decide.

Pictures taken during nighttime, using flash.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 24 May, 2012 - 8:41pm
Last updated 2 April, 2018 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Euchlaena.
… Kyhl Austin, 30 December, 2015 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Iustin Cret, 26 May, 2012 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Euchlaena species
It's in the genus Euchlaena
… Paul Dennehy, 25 May, 2012 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
So, it belongs to tribe Anagogini. Thanks very much!
Now, I suspect it is Euchlaena obtusaria.
… Iustin Cret, 26 May, 2012 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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