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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 6:49 pm
I wasn't sure where I should post this, so I picked the Animal forum. We found this in our house the other day. I'm not sure what it is....I think it's a moth but it was HUGE! I've never seen a moth this big. I thought it was a Butterfly at first...but, dayam! Can somebody tell me what this might be?
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 6:54 pm
That is a Luna Moth! Here is a line from the link above: People rarely see Luna Moths, mostly because they fly late at night. It is a treat to see one, because they are very beautiful insects. Humans have caused Luna Moths to become endangered by pollution and loss of habitat. Luna Moth caterpillars do not do much damage to trees.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 6:59 pm
I can tell you it was beautiful and I caught it and released it outside. Does this mean I'm special because I found it in my house?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 7:05 pm
Here is a nice close-up. You lucky stiff, you got to see one of the most beautiful creatures in God's creation.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 7:51 pm
Half, how did you KNOW that!!! Those ARE very beautiful creatures. I do NOT like critters in my home, but that I would watch for a little while. Then I would open a window and let it leave on its own time. It looks quite large in that last shot, where you have the window as a size reference!! Did it fly around a lot? That might freak me out a bit.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:12 pm
lol, I didn't. I love a challenge and googled big green moth spots and found it. That's my secret. I wish I could get paid to find stuff, lol.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:14 pm
That's very cool Half! There ARE people who are paid to find out stuff. They are called research people. You could work in the TV industry for talk show hosts, or 60 minutes!!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 4:51 pm
Thanks for the info...Eeyore, it did flutter around and it was driving the cats crazy because they couldn't get to it. I don't know how it got inside, and I'm glad my daughters were asleep because Zoe would have waken up half the neighborhood with her screaming. Zoe has a bug phobia. Thanks, HalfUnit...I guess I could have googled it, but that would have taken the fun out of sharing.
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 12:11 pm
Wow....that sure is pretty! Bigger than some birds I've seen! Thanks for sharing!! P.S. Glad the cats didn't get it!!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 12:27 am
Nick it might have hatched inside. I had several mourning cloak butterfly caterpillars get inside and start to attach in places to become a chrysallis, caught all but one which found a rather odd place under a toilet tank. I also had a bunch decide to attach to various places on the frame of my front door, between the door and the screen door. Had to be careful not to knock them off while they were metamorphing.. What a gorgeous thing that luna moth is!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - 6:49 am
Did you see the commercial for Lunasomething (a drug that is supposed to help you sleep)? They use a luna moth in that commercial.
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