It's a BIRD?

[ronjhall]

Re: It\'s a BIRD?

cp1969
I didn't think of that.

 

[Harv]

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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

 

[ronjhall]

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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.

SHF

 

[Bird]

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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

 

[ronjhall]

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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

 

[GlueGuy]

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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

 

[GlueGuy]

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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

 

[Wheeldog]

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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

 

[Mike_Dumond]

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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