Black Witch Moth

I found this moth the other day. It was about 4 inches across. Biggest moth I've ever seen!

Janet

Great picture!

Thanks! I wish the photo hadn't been so hazy. I took about a dozen shots of this one. It was fairly early in the morning. Hubby and his brother were loading up a deer blind to haul it to the lease. That's when this moth was found. The markings on this one were really wicked.

Wonderful shot. I had one after Hurricane Ivan and was so thrilled. They are pretty rare for us except for after a tropical disturbance that brings them in

Females are the ones with the white rick-rack looking markings :o) Had one last year that had a wingspan of six inches. They get bigger than that too but they are far and few between out here.

~ Cat

Was finally able to get someone to retrieve data from my crashed computer transferred onto my laptop...here's a female black witch that was perched on my front walkway security door. I like the greenish rainbow of colors in this photo...most times they look just so dark. The broadcloth screen squares are 1/2 inch each...so the wingspan of this one is six inches.

~ Cat

Here's a photo of a warlock...heh heh...okay, a Black Witch Male moth.

~ Cat