The best match I can find is 8294 – Dasychira vagans – Variable Tussock – Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 (Erebidae; Lymantriinae) - http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed... Please confirm.
That sounds like fun Ashley! I had 2 different sphinx moths visit my porch light at the same time last nigh - what could be easier than turning on a light & waiting for the spottings to come to me!
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Thanks guys!
Splendid front view! Tussock moth?
Wow!
The best match I can find is 8294 – Dasychira vagans – Variable Tussock – Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 (Erebidae; Lymantriinae) - http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
Please confirm.
It's a Tussock Moth (Erebidae; Lymantriinae), I'll look for the species right now.
Looks like an octopus if you imagine wings as hands !!!!
Love it :)
That sounds like fun Ashley! I had 2 different sphinx moths visit my porch light at the same time last nigh - what could be easier than turning on a light & waiting for the spottings to come to me!
It is so cute! I'm getting my first experience with moths tomorrow at a Moth Week event, I hope there are some furry ones like this that show up!
Thanks Leuba! I will have to do some research - I was being lazy & hoping someone would recognize it!
Lovely shot, Karen ! ...a Notodontid or Lymantriid, perhaps??
Thanks Leuba!
Yes, it's a moth wadigo, but I'm not sure of the species.
Moth, right?
Haha Jeff, I thought bunny rabbit! It's mazing how even the most nondescript critters can take on a whole new persona when you chnage your viewpoint.
These antennae remind me of the ears of a Townsend's big-eared bat.