could use some help

[Joe Kunkel]

Yes, the Black Witch fits your description.  For a link to a picture of
a pair see URL:

http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/kunkel/Moths/#other

They even occasionally reach up here to New England during the summer
and I have heard of them also spotted in Canada.

Joe Kunkel

> > Ken Gowen wrote:
> >
> > I live in San Diego.  A very large moth was on our screen.  We
> > captured it and have been trying to find its identity, but to no avail
> > yet.  It has a wing span of 4-5 inches approx.  It is a dark brown
> > with some purplish irredescent markings .  The size of it is what is
> > most remarkable.  Anybody out there know what type it is and is it
> > typical to the San Diego, California area???  Thanks.  The Gowen
> > family
> 
> It sounds like a Black Witch - an influx species from the south.
> Cheers!
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>                      Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
>                   Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
>              SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
>           http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html

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