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Whats that bug!!! please!
Hello, i have a been quite a regular visitor here and your site is really so intersting and fascinating, of course thanks to the contribution of people gorgeous macro shots and your knowledge of identifying those gorgeous color vibrant bugs & insects… i live in Syria and saw this bug/insect on my window screen, its the weirdest looking bug ever… sorry my photo looks overexposed even though it was underexposed to the maximum but couldnt provide better lighting other than the flash… can you please tell me whats that bug?
Kevin

Hi Kevin,
This is a Plume Moth, and we are quite sure that your Syrian specimen is different from the ones we have here in the U.S., but the shape of the moth is so distinctive and suggestive of the family Pterophoridae. Whenever we get a letter from someone describing the “T” bug, we are relatively certain it is a Plume Moth. Some species of Plume Moths are important agricultural pests.

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