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Photo #38912: Saturnia pavonia

Male & female

Saturnia pavonia

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Base gallery. Upperside. Pinned specimen.

Photo, and identified by: Vasiliy Feoktistov. Image without retouching at the website

Date and time, location shooting/catching: 2015-02-04 00:00:00, Russia, Moscow reg., Zheleznodorozhny city, ex pupa. leg. Feoktistov V.I.

Photographer's comment: The pair is derived from pupae. Larva: 20.06.2013г. Vladimir region, Petushinsky district, district, village Starye Omutischi, on a forest raspberry. Adults were obtained after the second pupal wintering and are shown separately in photos #38877 and #38880

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08.02.2015 8:12, Vasiliy Feoktistov

I decided to put this as a striking example of sexual dimorphism (variation) of the representatives of the same species.

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