"Great eggfly"

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443757

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443759

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443761

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443762

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443763

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443764

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443767

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443770

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12419678

28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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#12419680

28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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28 May 2025

A Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), also known as the Common Eggfly or Blue Moon butterfly, rests on a leaf, in Tehatta, India, on May 24, 2025.

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#7102318

20 September 2021

The great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) also known as common eggfly or blue moon butterfly is a Nymphalid butterfly species found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia. The male great eggfly butterfly is highly territorial, known to return to defend the same location for up to 54 days, and patrols to and fro, chasing away any butterfly that comes into its territory. A great eggfly butterfly is sitting under a leaf at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/09/2021.

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#7102320

20 September 2021

The great eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) also known as common eggfly or blue moon butterfly is a Nymphalid butterfly species found from Madagascar to Asia and Australia. The male great eggfly butterfly is highly territorial, known to return to defend the same location for up to 54 days, and patrols to and fro, chasing away any butterfly that comes into its territory. A great eggfly butterfly is sitting under a leaf at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 20/09/2021.

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