Moth ID

Kure Beach, NC(Zone 9a)

This guy was at the Home Depot where I work. I know the pic isn't good. There is iridescent blue/green on the back, going down the tail.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Barb

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Summerville, SC(Zone 8a)

Kinda looks like it might belong to the swallowtail moth family, Urania

Johns Island, SC

The shape looks like a Sphinx moth, but they aren't irredescent. Mostly just different shades of brown.

Kure Beach, NC(Zone 9a)

Yea, this is still a mystery.
Hopefully tomorrow, I'll have time to look into it some more.
Barb

Tuckahoe, NY

Its a longtailed skipper. Skippers are kind of between moths and butterflies, fat bodied like the former but antennae more like the latter, and they fly in the daytime.

Kure Beach, NC(Zone 9a)

Yea!!!!! Thanks! This one really had me stumped.
Barb

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