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What kind of moth is this?
I'm terrified of moths so I was scared to death to see this beast of a thing buzzing, yes BUZZING! Around the room. It's about 4 cm long bigger than a bee and has a buffed up/ fluffy chest. It's UGLY as hell and lucky to still be alive (my cat almost ate it) what kind of moth is it? It's like the size of a full grown butterfly, no joke!!
1 Answer
- StevenLv 57 years ago
Since you only have the underside, ID will be difficult.
Probably somewhere in this neighborhood.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/9531/bgpage
4 cm longer than a bee means about 6cm. I highly doubt that, as that is restricted to pretty big moths, and this looks pretty small to me. It looks 3cm, max.
Sphinx moths can get that big and retain the same body shape, but they have much larger eyes and are more triangular.
Also, what do you know about big moths?
Size of full grown butterfly is not accurate at all, for butterfly wingspans in North America range from 10mm to over 100mm. They can actually get bigger than most moths. Most, but not all(In North America).
Because the amazing Cecropia Moth can get to wingspans of over 160mm, or over 6 inches
