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Hyles gallii
Found this hawk moth on the side of my house in Missoula, MT today. I pinned it and will try to add more pictures after I finish spreading it.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2012
Submitted on Aug 15, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks! On Project Noah we prefer real wildlife and some people are concerned about killing animals to add it to a personal collection. We have thousends of beautiful collections around, so there is no need to post this one on Project Noah. In my opinion pinning has today it's "only" justification in scientific purposes. And it is as well not as easy as it might seem. I hope you are skilled with the pinning procedures. I suggest that you take your camera and go out in nature trying to find living examples of your beautiful butterflies and moths! Thanks for understanding.
I did not, I caught it to add to my insect collection and afterwords thought about posting it to Noah. I probably should have posted it first though.
Hi kow10120, welcome to Project Noah. Did you find this moth already dead?