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Title: What moth is this?
Post by: p12 on June 18, 2015, 09:19:34 PM: (https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F06%2F18%2Fa679ca0d82b03a756adec80310853661.jpg&hash=9cb5a0ccc5334ffdb6262d1428a24ff307572739)

What type of moth is this. It has a wing span of 6". Found it in my garage. Came out from under my wife's car when I walked through the garage this evening. Startled me for a couple of seconds when I saw it out of the corner of my eye. Wasn't expecting something that big to be a bug.
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Post by: Bob F. on June 18, 2015, 10:17:00 PM: Lunar moth?
Title: Re: What moth is this?
Post by: vaskidmark on June 18, 2015, 10:42:13 PM: You mean "Luna" moth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lyqgdBatY0

Most moths are lunar as they use the position of the moon to navigate.

stay safe.
Title: Re: What moth is this?
Post by: Andiron on June 18, 2015, 10:43:36 PM: Quote from: p12 on June 18, 2015, 09:19:34 PM
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What type of moth is this. It has a wing span of 6".

A largish one, that toads would find delicious?
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Post by: Scout26 on June 18, 2015, 11:10:26 PM: June.
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Post by: Sergeant Bob on June 18, 2015, 11:56:20 PM: That's a biggun!
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Post by: Battle Monkey of Zardoz on June 19, 2015, 12:19:11 AM: Big ass bomber moth.
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Post by: charby on June 19, 2015, 12:31:01 AM: Start here

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Moth
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Post by: Regolith on June 19, 2015, 01:00:20 AM: Six inches, you say? It's not a moth, it's an NSA remote surveillance device. [tinfoil]
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Post by: brimic on June 20, 2015, 12:11:54 AM: http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Lunate-Zale-Moth

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Post by: LadySmith on June 20, 2015, 06:30:34 AM: It looks like a Black Witch Moth.

And somehow that makes me feel like the pot calling the kettle... :lol:
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Post by: 230RN on June 20, 2015, 08:46:26 AM: Quote from: scout26 on June 18, 2015, 11:10:26 PM
June.

You need the same new eyeglass prescription as I do.
Title: Re: What moth is this?
Post by: RocketMan on June 21, 2015, 03:36:30 PM: I'm just going to call that big sucker a B-52 moth.
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Post by: Cliffh on June 21, 2015, 08:33:47 PM: Mothra
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Post by: p12 on June 21, 2015, 11:40:02 PM: DAMN I didn't think about the NSA! A remote spy moth?! Well that explains the strange dark green van that has been in my neighborhood for that last few days! I wonder if they found out about m
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Post by: 230RN on June 22, 2015, 08:19:02 AM: Quote from: p12 on June 21, 2015, 11:40:02 PM
DAMN I didn't think about the NSA! A remote spy moth?! Well that explains the strange dark green van that has been in my neighborhood for that last few days! I wonder if they found out about m

Too true to be funny. I discovered this flying around the mancave the other night...

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... and I wondered if they were checking out m
Title: Re: What moth is this?
Post by: RoadKingLarry on June 22, 2015, 08:35:34 AM: Quote from: 230RN on June 22, 2015, 08:19:02 AM
Too true to be funny. I discovered this flying around the mancave the other night...

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... and I wondered if they were checking out m

That's almost as big as our skeeters this year after all the rain we've had. I was working in the garden the other day and after the skeeters had worked me over I'd lost 12 pounds.
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Post by: 230RN on June 22, 2015, 01:52:30 PM: Actually, that's a Crane Fly and they come bigger than that. I just selected a pic which would fit on the page.

They don't bite. But they look as if when they did, they'd getcha down to the bone and suck out the marrow.

And they look like they could house a lot of surveillance equipment. ;)

Scaled:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6dWrARvFLx4/TEOXtXxqMXI/AAAAAAAABls/IL-w65DWw_I/s1600/crane+fly+3.JPG

I find them roosting on the walls of buildings during the day, and occasionally one gets in the house.

I immediately start itching all over as if covered in skeeter bites when I see one.

Terry