Feb 7, 2021
Croker’s frother moth, Amerila crokeri, Arctiinae, Erebidae. Found in Australia and New Guinea.
Species in this genus are called frothers because of their defense mechanism - when disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. A similar species, Amerila astreus, frothing:
Photo 1 by ethanbeaver, 2-4 by thebeachcomber, 5 by donnamareetomkinson, 6 by geoffbyrne, 7 by briancadam, 8 by dianneclarke, 9 by nicklambert, 10 by imcmaster, and 11 by budak
