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Rhianne · 11-01-2012, 04:31 PM

I think the wings might just be damaged or somehow misaligned.

This might help though: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/identification_tools

Rhianne · 11-01-2012, 04:43 PM

Okay, the most likely answer is that it isn't a moth but a butterfly. Unlike most moths, butterflies can move their front and back wings independently. I'd say your one is a skipper of some sort.

infinite monkey · 11-01-2012, 04:43 PM

Dude, not all moths of one kind look alike. A Gypsy Moth who's been running around isn't going to have the perfect laboratory wings and antennae. Your moth has had some fuzzy moth wing powdery stuff knocked off him, and maybe his eyebrows too. His wings look as if he's had a rough time.

Maybe though you have a moth that's never been discovered before! The Kentucky BlueBeardMoth.

ZenGum · 11-01-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Your moth has had some fuzzy moth wing powdery stuff knocked off him, and maybe his eyebrows too. His wings look as if he's had a rough time.

Sounds like he's been through the battle of all mothers.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Anybody got any ideas?

Pine Processionary?

Rhianne · 11-02-2012, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Pine Processionary

That's a proper, good ol' fashioned moth. Look at the antennae on Grav's - thin and spindly with clubs at the end.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2012, 03:07 PM

Yeah, you're right, I thought those were part of the flower.

BigV · 11-02-2012, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

First off, I don't know what kind of bug this be...That's why I'm asking you.

We saw dozens of these things hitting our Zinnias (?) pretty hard the other day. I've never seen these things before.

4 wings, 2 of which are vertically oriented, like the tail surfaces on an F-14 Tomcat jet.

Anybody got any ideas?

Attachment 41440

antenna "knobs" indicate butterfly, not moth. consistent with vertical wing resting.

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/c...utterflies.htm

Gravdigr · 11-02-2012, 04:56 PM

Most specialest thanks to Rhianne for her link.

My mystery bug has been identified as a sachem skipper (atalopedes campestris), a type of butterfly.

It is the first skipper featured in this video. It's not only identical to the dozens I saw the other day, it's even on the same kind of flower!

Thanks to everyone for the help!

You people rock.

Gravdigr · 11-02-2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhianne

I'd say your one is a skipper of some sort.

Nailed it.

footfootfoot · 11-11-2012, 09:17 PM

OK I know what this is, but do you?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-12-2012, 02:27 AM

Lola Bunny's lunch?

footfootfoot · 11-12-2012, 07:03 AM

We have a winner!
In the humor category.

glatt · 11-12-2012, 08:11 AM

I don't know. But it's got hair or fur, or maybe silk (but I doubt it) held together with some sort of yucky dried goop.

Reminds me of a hairball yacked up by a cat, or a trichobezoar cut out of someone's stomach. It also looks a bit like a moth's cocoon. Or a close up of a low quality beaver felt hat. Nothing Abraham Lincoln would wear.

That's my line of thought, but I don't know.

Griff · 11-12-2012, 11:34 AM

Piece of recently disinterred deer hide, possibly chewed and vomited by doggie.

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11-01-2012, 04:31 PM	#2176
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	I think the wings might just be damaged or somehow misaligned. This might help though: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/identification_tools

11-01-2012, 04:43 PM	#2177
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Okay, the most likely answer is that it isn't a moth but a butterfly. Unlike most moths, butterflies can move their front and back wings independently. I'd say your one is a skipper of some sort.

11-01-2012, 04:43 PM	#2178
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Dude, not all moths of one kind look alike. A Gypsy Moth who's been running around isn't going to have the perfect laboratory wings and antennae. Your moth has had some fuzzy moth wing powdery stuff knocked off him, and maybe his eyebrows too. His wings look as if he's had a rough time. Maybe though you have a moth that's never been discovered before! The Kentucky BlueBeardMoth.

11-12-2012, 08:11 AM	#2189
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't know. But it's got hair or fur, or maybe silk (but I doubt it) held together with some sort of yucky dried goop. Reminds me of a hairball yacked up by a cat, or a trichobezoar cut out of someone's stomach. It also looks a bit like a moth's cocoon. Or a close up of a low quality beaver felt hat. Nothing Abraham Lincoln would wear. That's my line of thought, but I don't know.

11-12-2012, 11:34 AM	#2190
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Piece of recently disinterred deer hide, possibly chewed and vomited by doggie. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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