We get some pretty big ones here in Arizona but the ones I've seen always have their wings folded so they don't look so big. http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/mothlist.html
________________________________ From: Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:03 AM Subject: NVC huge moths in tampa fl
I figured with the campers here you might enjoy some front door fauna. I never saw moths this big before. Needless to say my wife screamed and jumped back inside the house that morning.
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