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Re: It\'s a BIRD?
cp1969
I didn't think of that.
cp1969
I didn't think of that.
It's a BIRD?
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Re: It\'s a BIRD?
As a kid, I collected butterflies and moths (yes, some moths are absolutely beautiful), and what I see in your picture resembles the sphinx moths I had in my collection. Don't have the collection any more, of course, but take a look at , resembling what I had, and maybe <A target="_blank" HREF=http://snapper.bio.umass.edu/kunkel/Moths/strecher_xiii.html>these, which I think comes closer to yours.
Mine had a wingspan of about 5-1/2 inches (not the largest moths I had, by the way), and I'm not sure how big the other varieties get. The feathery antennae and chubby, fuzzy body, as I recall, are among the characteristics that make it a moth, as opposed to a butterfly. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif
As a kid, I collected butterflies and moths (yes, some moths are absolutely beautiful), and what I see in your picture resembles the sphinx moths I had in my collection. Don't have the collection any more, of course, but take a look at , resembling what I had, and maybe <A target="_blank" HREF=http://snapper.bio.umass.edu/kunkel/Moths/strecher_xiii.html>these, which I think comes closer to yours.
Mine had a wingspan of about 5-1/2 inches (not the largest moths I had, by the way), and I'm not sure how big the other varieties get. The feathery antennae and chubby, fuzzy body, as I recall, are among the characteristics that make it a moth, as opposed to a butterfly. /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif
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Harv
Thanks. I'll have to do some research to find out this moth's life cycle.
Harv
Thanks. I'll have to do some research to find out this moth's life cycle.
StoneHeartFarm
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Ron,
We got those up here in NW Michigan too. It's a moth, but I can't remember the name. I keep thinking "Lunar Moth," but I don't think that's right. They do get quite big. Just wait till one hits the screen on the open window by your head /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
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Ron,
We got those up here in NW Michigan too. It's a moth, but I can't remember the name. I keep thinking "Lunar Moth," but I don't think that's right. They do get quite big. Just wait till one hits the screen on the open window by your head /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.
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Ron, I mentioned the antennae because it was one of the first things I thought I could see, but the wings and body also are not anything like any of the hummingbird varieties I know of. If you don't find that moth in the links Harv provided, you might try or <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/thumb/thumb.htm> this list of moths. Of course, you'll have over 400 pictures to select from./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Ron, I mentioned the antennae because it was one of the first things I thought I could see, but the wings and body also are not anything like any of the hummingbird varieties I know of. If you don't find that moth in the links Harv provided, you might try or <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/thumb/thumb.htm> this list of moths. Of course, you'll have over 400 pictures to select from./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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Bird
That should keep me busy for awhile. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
Now I have to get my wife to take me out to dinner tomorrow evening./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif She wanted it to be a BIRD!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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That should keep me busy for awhile. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
Now I have to get my wife to take me out to dinner tomorrow evening./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif She wanted it to be a BIRD!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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<font color=blue>My spell checker says entomology. But I don't trust it.</font color=blue>
There I go again /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
<font color=blue>My spell checker says entomology. But I don't trust it.</font color=blue>
There I go again /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
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Looks like #13 on that plate is pretty darn close. The only problem is I'm color blind, and subtle color variations are beyond my design spec. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Looks like #13 on that plate is pretty darn close. The only problem is I'm color blind, and subtle color variations are beyond my design spec. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
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My brother and his wife are bird-watchers, and I've heard them talk before of "hummingbird moths", and I think that is what you have there. I've never actually seen one.
The species name is Hemaris thysbe.
Rob
My brother and his wife are bird-watchers, and I've heard them talk before of "hummingbird moths", and I think that is what you have there. I've never actually seen one.
The species name is Hemaris thysbe.
Rob
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The hummingbird moths have, as a rule, a more transparrent wing. This strikes me as one of the tiger moth varieties. Only about a million of those. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
The hummingbird moths have, as a rule, a more transparrent wing. This strikes me as one of the tiger moth varieties. Only about a million of those. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif