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What is this Large Bug/Moth on my House?

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July 16, 2017, 12:12 PM
zipriderson
What is this Large Bug/Moth on my House?

July 16, 2017, 12:20 PM
Jimbo54
We call them Gypsy Moths here. I don't know if that's a local name or not.

Jim


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July 16, 2017, 12:23 PM
blueye
In Japan it's called Mothra.
July 16, 2017, 12:28 PM
zipriderson
Harmless? Dangerous?
July 16, 2017, 12:33 PM
Jimbo54
quote:
Originally posted by zipriderson:
Harmless? Dangerous?


Harmless. As kids we'd catch them and play with them till we got bored with it and let them go.

Jim


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July 16, 2017, 01:23 PM
wrightd
Moth from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The others were too big to get off the ground.

It is pretty interesting to find an animal like that on your porch.



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July 16, 2017, 01:31 PM
egregore
quote:
Originally posted by zipriderson:
Harmless? Dangerous?

Adult moths don't even have mouth parts. Some species' larvae are pests. The larvae of one kind of moth are what makes silk.
July 16, 2017, 04:55 PM
cmr076
Gross. I had this monster at our old apartment. bleh.




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July 16, 2017, 05:38 PM
signewt
I had one something like this one on my patio shade last week




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July 16, 2017, 05:44 PM
MrToad
Looks like a Black Witch moth.



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