Moth photos

On the heels of last night’s lightning storm, we had a moth on our deck this morning.

Moth on porch

Moth on the porch | click the moth for more photos

He still hasn’t flown away. I am thinking maybe he’d be good for the diet. How many calories in a moth anyway?

Update: Turns out this is a form of cecropia moth.

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11 Comments

  1. Posted May 31, 2006 at 11:36 am | Permalink

    HAHA! I don’t know but maybe a pinch of protein.
    Couldn’t hurt if you want a snack!
    Then you won’t feel bad about it.
    I’m snacking on crackers. They’re plain, not salty and just BLAH.
    Damn… I could sure go for an ice cream right now…
    Must control myself. I Must.

  2. Posted May 31, 2006 at 11:41 am | Permalink

    Ana: Eliza and I got the 100 calorie bags of doritos, cheetos, and some chocolate chip cookies. They taste great, but if you only eat 1 bag it is only 100 calories.

  3. Posted May 31, 2006 at 12:55 pm | Permalink

    Colin: Or you could eat “no” bags and eat fruit instead. I would not advise eating that thing. It would be powdery and probably get stuck in your mouth (*blech*).

  4. Posted May 31, 2006 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

    Zach, you’ve never dieted have you? :)

    As for the cecropia moth, I’m sure it would be better fried, but with your diet and all…

  5. Posted May 31, 2006 at 3:13 pm | Permalink

    Wow that’s a cool moth.

  6. Posted May 31, 2006 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    That thing looks like an alien!

  7. Posted June 1, 2006 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    Nicole is right. It’d be better fried. I had fried crickets once…

  8. Posted July 18, 2006 at 5:11 am | Permalink

    i think that it is last bUtterfly on the earth :) )))

  9. Posted May 14, 2007 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

    What kind of moth is that? ^__^
    It has a very lovely coloration.

  10. Keena
    Posted September 7, 2007 at 9:50 pm | Permalink

    Does anyone know what kind of moth that is?

  11. mandy
    Posted March 14, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    If my reading is correct it is a cecropia moth

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  1. By Colin D. Devroe » Tolype Velleda on September 21, 2006 at 7:30 am

    [...] Another moth and not to be confused with the huge moth that was on our porch in May of this year. [...]

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