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tapajos Salt Lake City, UT Aug 06, 2008

I found this on the window just outside of the grand tetons! I hadnt ever seen one like it so i snapped a few pics but the quality is poor :(

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tapajos Salt Lake City, UT Aug 07, 2008

no help? sad!

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 07, 2008

Sorry tap, I keep looking at it and it's too blurry to make out. It looks sort of like a Sphinx moth, but I can't tell which one.
Try googling Sphinxes and se if you see it, the BugFiles has some good pics of them too.

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tapajos Salt Lake City, UT Aug 07, 2008

I hadnt ever seen one with wings like this one has. and such a big head for such small wings.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 07, 2008

I suspect that this more likely is a Noctuid or possibly a Notodontid, but a clearer photo is necessary.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 07, 2008

Did it look like this one?

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3602&chosen_state=49*Utah

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tapajos Salt Lake City, UT Aug 07, 2008

no not at all. ill see if i can get the other pictures we took up here as well.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 07, 2008

Here's a site, maybe you can find it here:

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/map?ds=51&_dcs=1

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tapajos Salt Lake City, UT Aug 07, 2008

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3412&chosen_state=56*Wyoming

im thinkin this might be it......

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Aug 07, 2008

That's a beauty! The pic looked like it had a lot of pink, maybe not?

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