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CRIMSON-SPECKLED FLUNKEY (86)
Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1757 W: 26 N: 5133] (16804)
Today I present this tiny and beautiful moth Utetheisa pulchella. This is again inside the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary where I got a lot many butterfly shots. These tiny ones are very colourful and swift fliers hovering from one plant to another and catching them was particularly difficult. The conditions was overcast making the job even more difficult. I got this one after about one hour of running around. Hope everyone like this one too.

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Crimson-speckled Flunkey, Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758). Utetheisa is a genus of arctiid moths. Caterpillars feed on Crotalaria (rattlebox), and hence the moth genus is often called rattlebox moths. Species of this Utetheisa are usually bright and colorful.

Scientific classification -
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Utetheisa
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Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1757 W: 26 N: 5133] (16804)
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Edited by:kunusatyabbsr Silver Note Writer [C: 9 W: 2 N: 75] (372)
This is the way he prefers to take photographs that we appreaciate on TE.Sharing this because I have the oportunity to be with him and learning to take photographs and identifying the wonder creatures.