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Post by NatureNut on Aug 8, 2009 22:44:57 GMT -5
This guy showed up and hung out with me while cabbing. He's a super weird moth/bat thing with a stream-lined design like a stealth bomber (or something). He wasn't shy at all (or threatening for that matter). He let me move the light all around him to get a good pic. See, he's saying cheese!
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Post by sitnwrap on Aug 8, 2009 23:03:29 GMT -5
That is one really neat moth.
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Post by texaswoodie on Aug 9, 2009 6:07:38 GMT -5
Cool moth! I betcha Mel can tell us what kind it is.
Curt
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 9, 2009 8:18:49 GMT -5
Definitely a Sphinx moth. Looks like Paonia myops, the Little Eyed Sphinx but I can't see the complete lower wing surface to see the lower wing detail so I can't be sure. Probably that genera though....Mel
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Post by NatureNut on Aug 9, 2009 8:27:19 GMT -5
Wow, thanks Mel! I'm beginning to think you know EVERYTHING!
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Post by snuffy on Aug 9, 2009 10:48:32 GMT -5
Is that the tomato hornworm moth? Looks somewhat similar.
snuffy
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 9, 2009 11:06:14 GMT -5
Snuffy: The tomato hornworm moth is in the sphinx group but a different species. I think the one pictured here is pretty common on wild cherry and maybe a few other tree types in the east whereas the tomato sphinx larva is seen most often on tomato plants. Sphinx moths are actually a fairly large group and because of their size and hummingbirdlike feeding habits, really stand out when you see one.....Mel
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Post by frane on Aug 9, 2009 16:54:38 GMT -5
Very pretty little friend! We used to have these great big ones where I lived in TX. Sounded like a dive bomber coming in for a landing when they were around. Must have been the ones Mel talked about. The size of or even a little bigger than the humming birds that were around. Fran
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