hot and cool

[lizziebelle]

cool moth, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

It's getting hot again. It's supposed to be near 100 on Thursday. I don't enjoy the heat. :P

What I thought at first was a leaf turned out to be this really nifty moth. Check out the crazy antennae, fuzzy body, and googly eyes:



It was on the fence outside an elementary school. Part of me wanted to bring out the kids to see it. Another, more sensible part thought that would probably not be a good idea. I could just picture the little tykes poking the poor creature. ;)

Comments

[pjthompson]

Wow! He's big. I didn't think he was real at first. Nature is so cool.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

He's really big. Probably the biggest moth other than a luna that I've ever seen.

[maryjdal.livejournal.com]

I have never seen a moth like that before. Wow! Love the feathery antennas

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen one, either. The antennae were so cool!

[vicki-sine.livejournal.com]

Royal Io I think, definetly one of the silkworm moths. I maybe wrong, but I think that is one of the American varieties, they make pretty silk, I have a friend who raises silk worms, he might be able to define it down to species.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

eez so fluffy, I could die!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

He's very fuzzy indeed. :)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That is just **marvelous** What a wonderful creature.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

It was very cool. :)

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

Io or polyphemus, I think. It's one of the giant silk moths, in any case. (See http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef008.asp ). Wonderful find!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I can see something like that being a silk moth. :)

[lorrainemt.livejournal.com]

Your photos are amazing! Thanks for sharing them with us.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love sharing them. :)

[desert-sparrow.livejournal.com]

Beautiful catch. Definitely an X-Files moth.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes!

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

Looks like the heat's too much for the moth, too!

A marvellous creature...

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I don't know why he was clinging to the fence like that! Perhaps you're right. ;)

Such a cool critter. :)