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• Category: Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera
•  Info Attacus taprobanis is a moth of Saturniidae family. It is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Here the larva feed on Swietenia macrophylla and later started to pupate by making a cocoon on 13 June 2018. The larva spun a 7-8 cm long papery cocoon interwoven with a leaf. It cut the petiole and attach it to the stem using a strand of silk prior to pupate. This is to prevent accidental falling of the desiccated leaf. The color of the dried leaf matches with the cocoon to offer enough camouflage. The adult moth emerged from the cocoon as photographed here on 07 July 2018. The wingspan of male is about 180-200 mm. Created, uploaded and nominated by Jkadavoor. Processed by Colin. -- Jee 05:43, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jee 05:43, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support. Excellent! -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:52, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 07:36, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - Really beautiful moth and impressively photographed (as usual). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:24, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Llez (talk) 10:57, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support--Peulle (talk) 11:43, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 13:30, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:07, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Tomascastelazo (talk) 14:53, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:08, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry to disturb! For me this lacks details, especially around the head. --Uoaei1 (talk) 17:14, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

  No worries. But please not that its wingspan is around 200mm, making it the second largest Lepidoptera in the world. So I have to keep a distance while photographing it. And the DOF is very limited in the head area even if I used f/14. Jee 03:35, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --The Photographer 23:39, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 04:23, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:41, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Neutral Great capture but quality is not top Poco² 18:00, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
•  Request I compare all existing Attacus species FPs (File:Attacus atlas qtl1.jpg, File:Attacus atlas London Zoo 01118-2.jpg, File:ComputerHotline - Lepidoptera sp. (by) (30).jpg) with a 4000px version of mine. Could someone give me some opinions on how I should be improved? Jee 07:22, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Today another female emerged and the male returned to mate with her. I captured the head profile of male too. Jee 15:12, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support If I had to do something it will be decrease vibrancy and increase saturation in the same proportion (e.g. vibrancy =-15 saturation =+15), result = the colours of the butterfly become more dynamic and more prominent compared to green foliage. If I well understood your question. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:01, 13 July 2018 (UTC) oh and quality is top for a 6000px macro shot with the subject in full frame. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:41, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

  Thanks Christian Ferrer for the feedback. Jee 02:44, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --Cart (talk) 13:03, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky ^talk 12:06, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family_:_Saturniidae_(Saturniids)