yet another id

[Kurt Jacobs]

Hyalophora cecropia

"jd" <jdaues at monmouth.com> wrote in message
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> I took a photo of a truly amazing creature, which I assume is a moth of
some
> sort.  It was large (7-inch wingspan).  It was "flexing" its wings
laterally
> (not up & down flapping), was it stretching out?  warning me to get away?
> In the city of Denver, about a month ago.
>
> photo at: http://www.csd.net/~jdaues/moth/moth.jpg
>
> i suppose it could be a black witch as discussed in a recent thread,
depending
> how much the markings can vary.
>
> anybody?
>
>