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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    I don't know, but is that a dead dog in its mouth?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,666
    It's a moth.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
    I think that’s a dead dog in its belly!

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    Brian

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    F1nut wrote: »
    It's a moth.

    I agree, I had one as big as a monarch butterfly on the side of my old garage. Impressive creatures.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    Moth or butterfly. ?

    Sal Palooza
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Moth or butterfly. ?

    Moth
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,134
    edited May 2024
    bcwsrt wrote: »
    OK, what the heck is THAT?! 😳😂

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    I looked it up. Antheraea polyphemus. Polyphemus Moth.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
    OleBoot wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
    OK, what the heck is THAT?! 😳😂

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    I looked it up. Antheraea polyphemus. Polyphemus Moth.

    Yep, until he opened his wings, I wasn’t quite sure.

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    Brian

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    So did it manage to lift your grill cover off?
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  • aprazer402
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,362
    edited May 2024
    No, but he did impede the start time of my baby backs …. er, uh … smoked carrots a little while I finagled the cover off with him on it!

    He sat out in the sun there for a couple hours and either flew away, or … got eaten while I wasn’t looking.

    Brian

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    edited May 2024
    It is a moth. Note the feathered antennae.
    My knee-jerk ID was cecropia moth, but I don't think that is what it is.

    EDIT: It is gorgeous.
    my current guess:
    https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/MOTHS/polyphemus_moth.htm
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    Cecropia moths are very colorful, very attractive, and very large.
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    ... and just to insure that eveyone has a peaceful, restful night's sleep with sweet dreams, the larval (caterpillar) stage of the cecropia.
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    B)
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    It looks like the desert camo military version of a butterfly, yes.
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  • msg
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ... and just to insure that eveyone has a peaceful, restful night's sleep with sweet dreams, the larval (caterpillar) stage of the cecropia.
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    B)

    Yoiks, Doc, those look like those things that decimate tomato plants.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    Side note: Anyone else noticing that smaller images are being upscaled on the page? When I quote image posts, I try to resize quoted images down to 300-400px to reduce footprint, but they're being upscaled to fill post width, it seems.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Cecropia moths are very colorful, very attractive, and very large.
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    That is quite possibly the moth I had on my garage siding once upon a time. As you said the feathered antennae give them away.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    edited May 2024
    msg wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ... and just to insure that eveyone has a peaceful, restful night's sleep with sweet dreams, the larval (caterpillar) stage of the cecropia.
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    B)

    Yoiks, Doc, those look like those things that decimate tomato plants.

    They do indeed resemble the tomato hornworm... but note, they're... umm, how to put this? Not horn-y.
    B)
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    The little spike-y thing on the aft end of the hornworm caterpillar (and the row of spots/spiracles on the side) are diagnostic. Plus, munchin' on 'mater plants, of course. :#
    Cecropia moths are nice. :)


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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,134
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    It is a moth. Note the feathered antennae.
    My knee-jerk ID was cecropia moth, but I don't think that is what it is.

    EDIT: It is gorgeous.
    my current guess:
    https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/MOTHS/polyphemus_moth.htm
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    We knew you'd get there eventually.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    edited May 2024
    sorry, @OleBoot -- I somehow missed the ID post! I am most chagrined. :#
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,865
    Some interesting wall clouds here today. Pics don't do them justice.

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  • Toolfan66
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  • daddyjt
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Cecropia moths are very colorful, very attractive, and very large.
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    ... and just to insure that eveyone has a peaceful, restful night's sleep with sweet dreams, the larval (caterpillar) stage of the cecropia.
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    B)

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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,134
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    sorry, @OleBoot -- I somehow missed the ID post! I am most chagrined. :#

    Just having a little fun with you. Or in English, a little banter.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,910
    Great Monty Python sketch on banter. Not readily available "in the public domain", though, unfortunately.

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  • OleBoot
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,980
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Great Monty Python sketch on banter. Not readily available "in the public domain", though, unfortunately.

    Would you like to buy an argument?
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,450
    He won't haggewl!
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