ID request

[OscartheGrouch]

"BAC" <bac at tamu.edu> wrote in message 
news:Xns9976F2A4CA473BACSTER at 199.45.49.11...
> "OscartheGrouch" <Tondaleo at hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:rRepi.5729$jC4.2174 at trndny09:
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>>
>> "BAC" <bac at tamu.edu> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9976DDA1E9251BACSTER at 199.45.49.11...
>>> "OscartheGrouch" <Tondaleo at hotmail.com> wrote in news:Bhapi.10244
>>> $zy4.3648 at trndny07:
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>>>>
>>>> "BAC" <bac at tamu.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns99765905866AFBACSTER at 199.45.49.11...
>>>>> BAC <bac at tamu.edu> wrote in
>>>>> news:Xns997661C8E006BACSTER at 199.45.49.11:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greetings all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Found this moth sitting on my car tonight. I've got most of my
>>>>>> local butterflies down, but I'm clueless about the moth side of
>>>>>> the equation. If anyone could ID it for me, I'd be most grateful!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BAC
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The photo please.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I suppose that would be useful... apologies.
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=8gwulbxn0mm&thumb=4
>>>
>>> BAC
>>
>> Oh, nice. I think it's a Eumorpha fasciata, Family Sphingidae,
>> hawkmoths. Somewhere in the southwest US?
>>
>
> Yes, College Station, Texas.
>
> Interesting! May have to spend some more observation time outdoors at
> night feeding the skeeter population... I didn't realize we had these
> guys around here.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=4ybhe2mbwk1&thumb=5
>
> BAC

Get a black light, or better, a mercury vapor lamp, and I think you might be 
amazed at the moths you have in Texas. 



 
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