Question about luna moth (1 Viewer)

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countrybum

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• May 9, 2007

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I don't get to see these very often in the daytime, usually just at night when they are attracted to the lights in the house. I never noticed the purple on the edge of the wing before and all the pictures I googled showed the edging more as brown. Is the purple edging unusual?

Thanks in advance (and I am glad to find others that find moths to be so interesting, I'm always checking my deck for cool moths)

 

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dolphinbride

Bean Éanlaithe na Coillte

• May 9, 2007

• #2

What a beautiful photo!
Looks like a Luna Moth to me, seen only at night myself, I would imagine they look different in the daylight...

 

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HappyFish

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• May 9, 2007

• #3

I`m 55 and have lived in the South all my life and have cought 100s of luna`s and have never seen one like that, or a photo of one like that. Hope you got some really sharp photos.

 

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countrybum

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• May 9, 2007

• #4

Unfortunately it was a windy, dark day so it was tough to get a really clear picture. And I just got a macro lens but this was just the second time I had used it.

I did find a website showing another one with the purple edging but the eye spots are different. I was surprised at the variations that I did find when I googled luna moth.

Here is a closer picture of one of the eye spots. Looks like lips!

 

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countrybum

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• May 9, 2007

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Not sure why the picture is not showing but you can view it here ..

http://www.jandbk.org/misc/whatami.jpg

Here is the website that I found showing the purple edging but different eye spots ...

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CVTd