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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

Wanting to help with the bugfiles pictures..need ID..it is pretty!

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

Here is another picture...

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

Here are the eyes...

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

This one shows more of the colors..

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

I wonder if it may be this one? I think it is some type of Spinx...since I don't have a picture of the body with the open wings it is harder to tell, but I seem to remember it had a lot of pink/red in it...I captured it's picture outside late one night...I think it may have been attracted to the light by my door...It was early October..
http://bugguide.net/node/view/78164

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Nov 06, 2006

I think you've found it, here's a picture with the wings folded: http://bugguide.net/node/view/32356

I wasn't even close, I thought it was a dart moth

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 06, 2006

It looks an awfully lot like it to me...I wonder if there is any variation in the pattern on the wings at all...they look very much alike, but a little different too...I think the pattern is actually the same, but maybe because my picture is at night, it seems to have a little bit different coloration...I played with the picture a little...trying to get the browner color to see if it looks like it more...what do you think...it is definitely the right shape etc. just didn't know if there was another in that same family that had different colorations, but it does seem to have the same markings...this is hard! LOL

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Nov 13, 2006

This might help

http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/a_cin.htm

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JanetS Braselton, GA(Zone 7b) Nov 13, 2006

Thanks, I believe it is this moth! Thanks so much for your help.
Janet

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