http://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/4143/ Cool doings from the natural and human worlds Tue, 14 May 2013 15:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/4143/#comment-16268 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:12:33 +0000 http://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/?p=4143#comment-16268 Added photo so people can check out those snakehead wingtips. Thanks.

]]> http://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/4143/#comment-16248 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:01:01 +0000 http://strangebehaviors.wordpress.com/?p=4143#comment-16248 Fascinated by the photo of the Borneo Atlas Moth (?) which – aside from the strikingly gaudier coloration as contrasted with the Attacus atlas moth found hereabouts (in the Philippines) seems to have one impressively different feature relating to the “snakes heads” on the upper tips of its forewings which are normally “flat”; i.e., seen as if in profile, showing only one eyespot. In the case of the newly discovered Bornean moth, thanks to a kind of shading on the wing, the “face of the snake” appears in almost 3/4 aspect, looking up with 2 eyespots visible, plus a yellow line defining what could be a “lip” to the “Snake’s” mouth, all of which greatly enhance the realism of this presumably defensive feature of the “snakes”, no doubt intended to scare potential predators looking down on the resting moth.Would appreciate any comments from the experts if possible. Thanks!

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