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1 1/2" long body. Black wings with white spots. Bright blue and orange body also with white spots.
Scooped out of the Indian River. Put up on dock and it flew back in.
You're welcome. I can see auntnance's common name...they are red, white & blue! Very attractive moths that were introduced with the Oleander plant. The caterpillar is pretty destructive to the oleander and other plants as Alice noted. They will also eat Adenium obesum, another plant in the Apocynaceae.
"Uncle Sam" moth I've heard them called. That is pretty cool; I haven't seen but one in the past few years. (Pretty bug in spite of their pest status.)
Do you have Oleander trees around? An exotic pest in Florida. The caterpillars are orange with black tufts of hair. Oleander Moth
Spotted on Jul 7, 2011
Submitted on Jul 7, 2011
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