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  1. 06-06-2010, 01:27 AM #1
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    sweet moth!!

    just hooked up a nice 175 watt HID light on the front of the shed, it drew this in the other night!
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  2. 06-06-2010, 01:31 AM #2
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    a few other cool ones!!
    Lo moth(peackock moth)

    Rosy maple moth

    Luna moth

    Polyphemus moth
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    We just took a picture of one just like that. But we found it in the daylight.

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    my mom found one of those a looongggg time ago i think they are called luna moths, not sure tho
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    that green one is SWEET! heres one i snapped the other day.



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  6. 06-06-2010, 02:03 AM #6
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    check this one out, just snapped it a few mins ago. there were 2 of the green ones, and 2 of these out there just now!! pretty wild.

    this is a Polyphemus moth
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    those moths have some amazing colors and patterns. i have had a few luna moths come to my outdoor light a few times in recent years....
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    a friend has a horse stable and there are moths there alot here is a nice picture of one.
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    Makes me think of "MOTHRA" where the tiny japenese girls would chant to it, You had to be there............

    Cool Moths!!
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    I'm totally into the whole nature thing,,, It's cool to see what mother nature produces sometimes.... ^^^Hey DC I don't think that alot of these members, the younger ones that is,, even remember the old "Creature double Feature" movies on sat. mornings
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanks350x View Post
    I'm totally into the whole nature thing,,, It's cool to see what mother nature produces sometimes.... ^^^Hey DC I don't think that alot of these members, the younger ones that is,, even remember the old "Creature double Feature" movies on sat. mornings
    I've seen Godzilla and Mothra at a double feature.
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    oh i remember the creature feature, 46 years old here
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    Yeah those Luna moths are pretty cool. I havent seen a live one in a long time. I find bits and peices of them. I think the birds kill them all.
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    whow those are some trippy mothsi
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    wow how weird... that big green one flew in the shop the other day....I have never seen one like that in NY... whats that called?? luna?
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