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Tau Emperor III (13)
Christopher_PL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 349 W: 52 N: 662] (2381)
Aglia tau - family Saturniidae.

PL: Lotnica zyska
UK: Tau Emperor
SK: Okáň bukový
CZ: Martináč bukový
FR: Hachette
DE: Nagelfleck
SE: Nagelspinnare
NO: Naglespinner
FI: Nastakehrääjä
DK: Somplet
NL: Tauvlinder

This is my another meeting with this wonderfull moth. It's available in wole Europe but it's rather local and it's not easy to find it.
If you'll find the forst where this species occurs - you can easy find the males: they flies very fast. In my opinion the males looks like drunk drivers ;-D
Much harder is to find a female - the body of females is heavy so females not flies so good. All the specimens I've found were sitting on the bark of trees.
This picture presents a female in typical position on the bark. I hope you'll like it.

My previous pictures of the same specie syou can find:
here and here.

Altered Image #1

Christopher_PL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 349 W: 52 N: 662] (2381)
Slightly Sharper
Edited by:blue_river Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 49 W: 40 N: 117] (979)

I sharpened the image lightly in Arcsoft Photostudio, hope you like it!