Eeeeek! a four-inch Moth

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Eeeeek! a four-inch Moth

Post by lucky1 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:44 pm

This thing even startled my German Shepherd! LOL

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Is it my imagination, or are bugs getting BIGGER

:lol:
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Post by hardyjim » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:16 pm

Looks about an inch long,did you have your glasses on backwards? :lol:
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:48 pm

Your full of the dickens today, Jim, or maybe chickens? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Nope, it was nearer 4 inches long!

Very small black plastic screen mesh...

so much for your CSI abilities :geek: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:52 pm

Barb it looks almost as big as some bats we have around here. It looks like it`s taking a little nap!

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Post by lucky1 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:51 pm

John, you're right!
We had a small bat flying around in the double garage...(my smoking/coffee room at 6 a.m....I just about had a heart attack!)

Hope he helps to pollinate palms and yuccas :lol:
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:20 am

lucky1 wrote:Your full of the dickens today, Jim, or maybe chickens? :lol: :lol: :lol:



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Post by BILL MA » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:33 am

Wow that thing is freaky looking! Look at it close it looks like it has a face on it's back. Lol

who knows maybe there bulking up to deal with all the cool weather.

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Post by lucky1 » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:45 am

Very observant of you Bill.
It DOES look like a face...Jimmy Durante with that nose! :lol: :lol:

Bulking up for the next snowball spring on our west coast...
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Post by TimMAz6 » Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:38 pm

4" moths are strange.....please keep them in your neck of the woods! I like my little 1/2" long Yucca moths!

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Post by lucky1 » Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:45 am

Tim, thanks for that great pic of a yucca moth.
Smorgasbord at your place for those guys.

:lol:

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