Midnight Moths

June 18th, 2009 by Kelley

We’ve had some midnight visitors to our porch light this past week, here are a few glimpses:

Luna Moth

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A close up of the antenna. Lunas only live for a couple days and the males use those huge antennae to locate females (which release a pheromone cue) to mate  with. dsc_0044-3

And a polyphemus moth, which actually remind me of a floppy-eared rabbit:

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And a One-Eyed Sphinx moth

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One Response to “Midnight Moths”

  1. on 22 Jun 2009 at 1:25 am   Cuckoo Wasp

    These photos and moths are fantastic. I’d love to have luna moths in my neck of the woods.

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