Posted: 8/5/2013 10:16:20 AM EDT
For some reason, the parking garage where this picture was taken likes to attract big, interesting moths and song birds of all sorts.
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That was a funny reply to that pic. Quoted:
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Yeah. . Did you wipe that out of your twat? That was a funny reply to that pic. Now I gotta know what was posted and edited out. As to the OP, I've never seen a moth like that before, but it's very cool looking. |
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I believe we have a positive ID. Thanks. http://fromlynnsgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pandorus-sphinx-moth.jpg I saw a couple of brown Luna moths there in the past couple of summers. Quoted:
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Sphinx moth. I believe we have a positive ID. Thanks. http://fromlynnsgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pandorus-sphinx-moth.jpg I saw a couple of brown Luna moths there in the past couple of summers. There are a number of moths referred to as "sphinx moths." What is a brown luna moth? I've only seen green ones. |
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There are a number of moths referred to as "sphinx moths." What is a brown luna moth? I've only seen green ones. Quoted:
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Sphinx moth. I believe we have a positive ID. Thanks. http://fromlynnsgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pandorus-sphinx-moth.jpg I saw a couple of brown Luna moths there in the past couple of summers. There are a number of moths referred to as "sphinx moths." What is a brown luna moth? I've only seen green ones. The brown lunas I saw were like this one. 
I saw a green luna that got trapped in my garage one time. I was able to shoo him out of there. Didn't want to kill it. |
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The brown lunas I saw were like this one. http://www.milestonesandmemoriesphoto.com/Pets/Nature/i-Dm55HNQ/0/L/DSCF0300-L.jpg I saw a green luna that got trapped in my garage one time. I was able to shoo him out of there. Didn't want to kill it. Quoted:
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Sphinx moth. I believe we have a positive ID. Thanks. http://fromlynnsgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pandorus-sphinx-moth.jpg I saw a couple of brown Luna moths there in the past couple of summers. There are a number of moths referred to as "sphinx moths." What is a brown luna moth? I've only seen green ones. The brown lunas I saw were like this one. http://www.milestonesandmemoriesphoto.com/Pets/Nature/i-Dm55HNQ/0/L/DSCF0300-L.jpg I saw a green luna that got trapped in my garage one time. I was able to shoo him out of there. Didn't want to kill it. I don't think that's a luna. It is marked differently, but shaped like a cecropia. 
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I think you or somebody else might have pointed that out before in one of the previous moth threads. Quoted:
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I don't think that's a luna. It is marked differently, but shaped like a cecropia. I think you or somebody else might have pointed that out before in one of the previous moth threads. Perhaps, but if so, I don't recall. 
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The brown lunas I saw were like this one. http://www.milestonesandmemoriesphoto.com/Pets/Nature/i-Dm55HNQ/0/L/DSCF0300-L.jpg I saw a green luna that got trapped in my garage one time. I was able to shoo him out of there. Didn't want to kill it. Quoted:
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Sphinx moth. I believe we have a positive ID. Thanks. http://fromlynnsgarden.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pandorus-sphinx-moth.jpg I saw a couple of brown Luna moths there in the past couple of summers. There are a number of moths referred to as "sphinx moths." What is a brown luna moth? I've only seen green ones. The brown lunas I saw were like this one. http://www.milestonesandmemoriesphoto.com/Pets/Nature/i-Dm55HNQ/0/L/DSCF0300-L.jpg I saw a green luna that got trapped in my garage one time. I was able to shoo him out of there. Didn't want to kill it. That's a Polyphemus. Different critter from a Luna (although they are both silk moths). |
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That's it. 
It looks like they appear in other colors as well. Brown seems to be predominant, but I found this one on the net. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTD4DcSoMN12q2fJ7xezd_OswxJlVqJHFAcjo3e-3glo89iN0cKyuF3fq_ONQ Quoted:
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That's a Polyphemus. Different critter from a Luna (although they are both silk moths). That's it.
It looks like they appear in other colors as well. Brown seems to be predominant, but I found this one on the net. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTD4DcSoMN12q2fJ7xezd_OswxJlVqJHFAcjo3e-3glo89iN0cKyuF3fq_ONQ That's a Cecropia.
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That's a Cecropia. Quoted:
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That's a Polyphemus. Different critter from a Luna (although they are both silk moths). That's it.
It looks like they appear in other colors as well. Brown seems to be predominant, but I found this one on the net. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTD4DcSoMN12q2fJ7xezd_OswxJlVqJHFAcjo3e-3glo89iN0cKyuF3fq_ONQ That's a Cecropia. LOL That's the last time I trust google images. |
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So I checked Wiki about the moth in the in the OP (they identify it as the Oleander Hawk-moth or Army Green Moth, Daphnis nerii (formerly Deilephila nerii)).
What is interesting is that its normal range is Africa, India and Europe. 
Blue is summer habitat, green is winter habitat. I wonder if I should be calling an entomology dept. somewhere. It's still sitting at the same place this morning. |
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You ever seen one that looks like a friggin hummingbird? http://www.atrishoutofwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hummingbird-hawk-moth.jpg That's the way the one I saw in the OP is supposed fly. It's part of the Sphinx moth family that have developed the hovering ability like hummingbirds in order to feed on nectar. |
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Quoted: For some reason, the parking garage where this picture was taken likes to attract big, interesting moths and song birds of all sorts. http://i39.tinypic.com/swbp83.jpg  Lil guy has some badazz camo !! Beautiful .I havent seen any lunas this year , at least not yet . Snapped these pics last summer . . . .   |
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Lil guy has some badazz camo !! Beautiful .
I havent seen any lunas this year , at least not yet . Snapped these pics last summer . . . . https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/s720x720/182507_3754812320640_1346148310_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/526675_3754814000682_646293891_n.jpg Quoted:
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For some reason, the parking garage where this picture was taken likes to attract big, interesting moths and song birds of all sorts. http://i39.tinypic.com/swbp83.jpg Lil guy has some badazz camo !! Beautiful .
I havent seen any lunas this year , at least not yet . Snapped these pics last summer . . . . https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/s720x720/182507_3754812320640_1346148310_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/526675_3754814000682_646293891_n.jpg lovely haven't seen one in years. |
