Last week, when Bailey and I went on one of his "constitutionals," I glanced down the complex toward "Ye Olde Peeing Spot" and saw something dark on the wall of one of the other shop's doorways, about 60 yards from where I was standing. As I got closer, I realized it was a moth of some sort, although it was basically the size of a small bird. I went back and grabbed the camera, and this is what I captured:
Its body is 4 inches long - and it has beautiful wing markings, with lovely purples and browns. Just stunning!
I tried to find some identification info on Google, but couldn't. I DID find 2 other blogs where folks had sighted a very similar moth, and they didn't know what it was, either - any entomologists out there? Inquiring minds want to know what this is!
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I did a little searching and it may be a Zale lunata – Lunate Zale Moth. This was the closest-looking one. Hope you can positively identify it! Here is the link: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8689
Thanks, Susan - if that is not the same species, it is certainly close! Thanks for the link!
Looks almost like mother nature was practicing her Zentangles on his wings:)
You're right, Shereen, it does!
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