Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 53, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Gots lots of photos of the Black Witch moth. They are fairly common here. They come to the bait in the evening or if I put out bait in a shady spot they sometimes show up during the daytime too. They tend to perch under the eaves of houses - I've seen up to nine at one time at the ranch - the house has a dark brown trim so they like roosting in dark places. My house in the city here has dark cedar beams so I usually find one every so often. They are truly big beautiful moths :o)

As for the superstitions for badluck or harbinger for death - there's also another one saying they bring good luck. Now considering I saw those nine at one time earlier this year...nobody I know of has died or won the lottery...so go figure!!! ROFL!!!

Photo of a male Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)...which we lovingly called a Warlock :o)

~ Cat

Info on Black Witch moths: Sighting records and its natural and cultural history
http://www.texasento.net/witch.htm

This message was edited Nov 12, 2008 2:04 AM