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kbaumle Northwest, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 27, 2006

I haven't a clue what it is, but I know someone out there will! :-)

Kylee

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kbaumle Northwest, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 27, 2006

I was thinking this was actually a moth, but the antennae aren't typical moth-like, are they?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Dec 27, 2006

Hi kbaumle!
Take a look at these 'Large Maple Spanworm Moths'. There's variation in the color and pattern, but it's got to be close...

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Living34.1F.shtml

look at #6892

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kbaumle Northwest, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 27, 2006

Could it be a Large Maple Spanworm Moth (Prochoerodes transversata)?

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kbaumle Northwest, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 27, 2006

LOLOLOL!!! Look at the time of our posts! Here is the picture I just saw that made me guess that:

http://www.pbase.com/warbler/image/4163423

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Dec 27, 2006

jinx!

And yours is in Ohio, too

I posted first 'cuz I didn't type out "Prochoerodes transversata" LOL!

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kbaumle Northwest, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 27, 2006

I'm going to mark this as solved, and thanks for looking and collaborating on this identification! I'm adding my photo to the bug files. :-)

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Dec 27, 2006

someone correct me if I'm wrong----
Moths can have feathery or threadlike antennae, but only butterflies can have knobbed antennae. Male moth have the feathery ones to better detect pheromones.
(Crossing my fingers on the accuracy of what I just wrote - too lazy to go find a reference )

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