I look forward to hearing who you think this is!
With my hand for a size comparison
Here is his face
Thanks!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Help Me Identify this guy, Please!
Here are a few photo's taken this afternoon of a moth that was caught early this morning in the back yard/garden area. He/she is quite large and I am left to wonder if he is a menace to the garden or if he/she is a helpful creature.
I look forward to hearing who you think this is!
With my hand for a size comparison
Here is his face
I look forward to hearing who you think this is!
With my hand for a size comparisonHere is his face
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If it's still alive then LET it go!!! It's not going to eat much, most of the larger moths, that are beneficial to the eco system, are becoming threatened.
The following link is to image and information about the Regal Moth. One of my librarian colleagues helped identify your moth. I believe the markings and colors match yours.
H. Terry (Cascades Library):
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/775/60002730.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/Animals/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Insects/Butterflies-and-Moths/Moth-Families/Saturniid-Moths/Regal-Moth/Regal-Moth-1.html&h=268&w=428&sz=22&hl=en&start=22&tbnid=d-ILJsoXWczuDM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dorange%2Bmoth%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
This post was passed on to me by a friend. Very cool moth! I agree with Pete: it's a Regal Moth, also known as a Royal Walnut Moth. The caterpillars, called "hickory horned devils", are also quite spectacular.
He is no menace to your garden
The sphinx clan are varied and include tobacco hornworms as well as Catalpa moths, etc. Here's an ID page for the. One thing, tomato hornworms (Manduca sexta)do no pupate into hummingbird (clearwing or striped morning sphinx) moths, they turn into tomato sphinx moths and are not endangered.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/clearwing_moth.html
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=sphinx&search=Search
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