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10/21/11 01:45 PM 10/21/11 01:45 PM

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Birdland - 1 mile north

ScubaLdy

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The head end looks like a bat and the tail end looks like a swallow. This guy has been hunting around my yellow porch bug light the last few nights. I find photos of some that are close - but as they say 'no cigar!' My flash makes the stripes look very yellow when in fact they are neon green.
What do you think?

Last edited by ScubaLdy; 10/21/11 01:47 PM.

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Re: Moth [Re: ScubaLdy] #419463 10/21/11 06:50 PM 10/21/11 06:50 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,520 PACWest, SACSouth Bear .
Bear	Check this out H...the specimen in this pic has been pinned so it doesnt quite match the natural shape but it sure looks like yours and fits the information provided http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/images2/uraful.htm here's collection... http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/belizemoths/prettymothsxxx.htm Last edited by Bear; 10/21/11 06:56 PM.

Re: Moth [Re: ScubaLdy] #419464 10/21/11 07:21 PM 10/21/11 07:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,675 San Pedro Belize elbert .
elbert	I have a couple of them here at my window but they have horizontal green striped bodies I don't see on your example. The wind coming from the back of the island always blows in strange creatures. The creature from the lagoon! wasn't that a 50's film? White Sands Dive Shop https://whitesandsdiveshop.com/

Re: Moth [Re: ScubaLdy] #419473 10/21/11 11:24 PM 10/21/11 11:24 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,520 PACWest, SACSouth Bear .
Bear	http://www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/urania.htm

Re: Moth [Re: ScubaLdy] #419516 10/22/11 09:00 AM 10/22/11 09:00 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 254 San Pedro Town, A.C. Chica Blanca .
Chica Blanca	Aren't they beautiful!! I have been enjoying watching sail by for weeks now. They are hard to get a photo of, as they prefer to fly along the tree line. But they do have to come down sometime. I finally got one myself the other day as one came in to rest on a lantana. Nature is amazing. Coleen Beach bum, butterfly stalker, native plant enthusiast.

Re: Moth [Re: Bear] #419540 10/22/11 01:09 PM 10/22/11 01:09 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,520 PACWest, SACSouth Bear .
Bear	Elbert our caretaker found this in the pool at sunrise following a night of heavy west winds.... Please ID... Last edited by Bear; 10/22/11 01:14 PM.

Re: Moth [Re: ScubaLdy] #419561 10/22/11 07:27 PM 10/22/11 07:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 13,675 San Pedro Belize elbert .
elbert	yep thats the one i'm talkin about! seems to find women in long, low cut satin dress and likes to carry them around when they faint. White Sands Dive Shop https://whitesandsdiveshop.com/

Re: Moth [Re: elbert] #419564 10/22/11 09:31 PM 10/22/11 09:31 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,520 PACWest, SACSouth Bear .
Bear	Ha! I'd like to but I'm just not as good looking as that guy...

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