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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 07, 2005

this is up in the rafters of my front porch right now. It has about a 5" wingspan

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 07, 2005

Your lovely moth, is the female Black Witch Ascalapha odorata in the family Noctuidae
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/witch.html
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1562.htm
http://odolep.com/Moths/NOCTUIDAE/8649Ascalapha_odorata3.jpg

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Jul 07, 2005

Thanks so much Kennedyh. I went to the Naba link and this is only the second sighting in my state fo Mississippi. The first was in 2003 a male in the same city I live Ocean Springs. Will send my pic into them for the records


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imway2dumb Gordonville, TX(Zone 7b) Jul 07, 2005

Very cool, Donna! :-)

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konkreteblond Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 08, 2005

My parents live in the same town as me and they had several of them at their house last year. I think I saw one at my house, but it was dark outside and it scared me and I scared it!

Wow, according to that list, they aren't very rare in TX.

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel Jul 08, 2005

Donna, that's a lovely shot of a lovely moth! :-)

-Julie

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