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angelblossom
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Geezzzz I almost stepped on this, [shocked] I was clearing an area to admend soil to plant brugs and looked down and saw this butterfly or large Moth? The bodies are furry there were three of these about 2 ft apart.. anyone know what the name is??? First ones I've seen this year.. Heyyyyy does this mean Spring is Here!! [clappy] [clappy]

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These are pretty large!!

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Cool, I don't think I've ever saw one like that before Diane! You're so lucky to be seeing them today---send your springish weather this way okay? [Big Grin]
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Loz I sure wish I could send this weather to all of you !! I'm hoping our coldest weather is over!! AND I'm hoping these are a sign of it!! [grin]

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Thornius
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What you have is a large Moth, I'm not sure what kind but I'll see what I can find out about it on Google Image Search.

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Deborah L.
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Love butterflies ! I have a few here who frequent the begonias.

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angelblossom
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Thornius I kinda thought soo Is the clue the furry body??? Thanks for checking it out!! [thumb]

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Very cool! [thumb] It looks like a Polyphemus moth,the most common of the silk moths. Named for the one-eyed giant in Greek mythology.

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http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GWYA,GWYA:2006-01,GWYA:en&q=Polyphemus%20moth&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi


i believe you are correct
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angelblossom
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Wow your Good Melcon [grin] Thank you!!!

Thanks for the link Porter! [thumb] They are quite large aren't they!

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I though Polyphemous Moth too< but wanted to check further.

It was 71 degrees F. here today [Razz]

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Thornius
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We birders switch over to Butterflies, Moths, Insects, and other critters when the bird activity is slow. Even when Bird activity is high we have a major interest in butterflies, too.

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quote:
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It was 71 degrees F. here today [Razz]
I hear Ya!! [grin] I was outside most of the day too!! [Big Grin] [thumb] [clappy]

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I took about 200 pictures.

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[shocked] woooweeee You must'a seen a lotta some'ems!!! ?? Are we gonna see any of them??

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