• beautiful! :) - ~♥~NatSnap~♥~
  • Parece una cara / It looks like a face
  • AWESOME CAPTURE! Where was this taken? I never, ever saw a moth like this one! - fantartsy JJ *2013 year of LOVE!*
  • Amazing. There is the very clear clown face. - washingtonian3
  • I know that background !
    I know that color !!
    It's a cold can of Heineken !!! - Canonian!
  • Sorry but it is not Heinecken, it is a bus after a rain
  • Near Medellin, Colombia

Polilla coloreada / Colorful moth (Idalus herois)

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Explore 208, Sept 7, 2010
Polilla tigre (Arctiidae), aunque como dice "Just in Time Mate" en los comentarios, debería llamarse polilla payaso. Tomada cerca a Porce, Antioquia, Colombia
Tiger moth. As "Just in Time Mate" in the comments, it should be called clown moth.
Moth of the Day, Sept. 10, 2010, Moth Gallery. Taken near Porce, Antioquia, Colombia

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  1. jjrestrepoa (busy) 16 months ago | reply


    Sorry if I had posted it before. I posted it because I received an Admin invitation.

  2. Piolincy 15 months ago | reply

    Realmente hermosa!

  3. jambokim 14 months ago | reply

    It's just a super shot! Great composition and incredible details!

  4. GadgetMan88 14 months ago | reply

    Very impressive !!!!!!!!

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  10. Massimo Piccoli 11 months ago | reply

    Incredible !!!

    BEAUTIFUL !!!



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  11. jack_246 11 months ago | reply

    What a colorful moth ! Great find !

  12. jimhelge 10 months ago | reply

    This is one of the best images ever!
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  13. Troup1 10 months ago | reply

    lovely
    This great capture was seen in:

    A Lot of Water

  14. Ben Roffelsen 10 months ago | reply

    This great animal photo was seen in:

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  15. IndianaCristo 10 months ago | reply

    también tengo fotografiada esta especie de un bosque nublado! pero a mi el diseño en el tórax se me parece mas como a la caríta de un mandril! o un miquito!!

  16. Nydiaso. 10 months ago | reply

    Esta es seguramente la "Superpolilla" Que belleza y con esa cara de payaso diseñada en su cabeza luce fantástica!
    Excelente captura Jorge!

  17. Luís Gaifém 5 weeks ago | reply

    Beautiful moth. So colourful. Nice detail and great shot.

    [ via 'WONDERFUL WORLD OF MACRO (P1 / A2)' group on flickriver  --Luís Gaifém ]

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