What on earth is this thing?

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alaw 15 years, 7 months ago

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- March 2, 2009 at 7:45 pm #10988
  dcsharp
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  It is hard to describe without sending a photo. Insect is blue with orange spots (almost) around its edges, it has 6 legs I think that appear to be at the extreme end of its body which is almost shield shaped with what appears to be a large Proboscis or stinger.
  This thing was found in Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand but I cannot identify it anywhere on the internet and no one can tell me what it is, in all honesty it looks like something out of a bad sci fi movie.
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- March 2, 2009 at 8:10 pm #89435
  dcsharp
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  Any ideas?
- March 3, 2009 at 12:44 am #89438
  Amun
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  It’s hard to tell unless you look very closely, but it is actually some type of butterfly or moth (pretty sure it’s a moth). It looks like you caught it just after it emerged from its cocoon, so its wings are not fully expanded yet. I’m not sure exactly which species, but it looks like it belongs to the Tiger Moth family. We have moths like this in North America with the same iridescent blue and orange coloration.
- March 6, 2009 at 7:30 am #89510
  mcar
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  Would it be a beetle? I am thinking if it is a kind or a type of.
- March 6, 2009 at 7:31 am #89511
  sheep94
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  Maybe it is an alien……
  haha….
- March 7, 2009 at 2:47 am #89530
  mcar
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  Unless it is a rod/s… I don’t think so.
- May 16, 2009 at 6:55 am #90806
  Icemaiden
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  I think…It’s a moth….sort of.
- July 9, 2009 at 4:03 am #91825
  alaw
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  This seems to be cebysa leucotelus. The female of the Australian Bagmoth.
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