Thursday, September 8, 2005

What kind of moth am I?


I don't know what this moth (?) is, but isn't he cute?
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8 comments:

  1. NickieThu Sep 08, 11:46:00 AM 2005

    Cute!

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  2. JennThu Sep 08, 11:58:00 AM 2005

    Wow... great colors!

    I've been on a purple kick lately...

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  3. DianneThu Sep 08, 12:37:00 PM 2005

    From my little book and going by the antenneas, it looks like a Ultronia underwing. If I could see his wings, they I may have been able to pinpoint exactly what it is. It looks a little like a Sphinx moth too which is a tomato hornworm moth. Ugh!

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  4. DianneThu Sep 08, 12:42:00 PM 2005

    I looked at 'real' photos of the two moths I mentioned, and they don't look like your moth-darn!

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  5. DianneThu Sep 08, 12:46:00 PM 2005

    How about a Promethea? This one has the feathery antennea the others mentioned did not.

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  6. Diana LaMarreThu Sep 08, 03:44:00 PM 2005

    I don't know, Dianne. I typed "promethea moth" into google images and didn't find anything that looked like him. I tried "michigan moths", but found nothing. Whatever he is, I think he is one of the most attractive I have seen.

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  7. JennFri Sep 09, 12:08:00 PM 2005

    I've not got the time to search this, but here is a likely source for an answer...

    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/thumb/thumb.htm

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  8. Diana LaMarreFri Sep 09, 07:06:00 PM 2005

    Thanks, Jen. I will have to check it out.

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