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This big boy was at least 10 inches, wing tip to wing tip !
sarapiqui area / Northeast C.R
"Hiding in Plain sight"
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What tipped you off that it is a moth? Did it eat your entire shirt?! Could you imagine an attic full of those. Hide the family quilt grandma, there are not enough moth balls in the city to keep those away.
Later and Happy Frogging,
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Thats big as hell...imagine having one of those hit the bug zapper. Damn thing would short out.
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Too funny !
Imagine if it got in your tent and started smackng you around late at night....
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Imagine that fly in your face when you open the old antique chest.
Later and Happy Frogging,
Jason Juchems
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Niiiice
I was at a party under a sort of shelter in Costa Rica, many years back. It was basically a thatched roof held up by small tree trunks. As I extended my arm, to rest my hand on one of the supports, I saw a spider sitting right where my hand was going that was about the size of that moth's wing span. I still have nightmares, lol.
Do you know where your frogs have been?
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Holy cow! thats a sheet full of insects!! what the heck did you do to attract that many? while i was living down there I tried just about everything to attract night flying critters, I bought a white sheet in town and a clamp lamp, and a black light! i tried moving the rig to a different end of the Smithsonian's Bocas del toro property each night i was doing it and only got small non exciting things... i even made a trap with the light so i could just turn it on and check it in the morning.. still got nothing of interest... weird..
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? - Albert Einstein
1.2.0 pumilio (drago colon) 1.1.0 pumilio (Escudo) 0.0.4 M. stelzneri 0.0.2 D. tinc (patricia) 0.1.0 D leucomelas
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wow....it appears as far North as Texas !
Beth....try to get some in situ pics of these.
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That is an amazing moth....Beautiful.