Biggest Dang Moth

[Thrawn183]

So I currently sit next to a sliding glass door through which a gigantic moth is trying to enter. I estimate it's body is... three and a half inches long with a wing span of.... shoot it's gone. I'll call the wingspan 4.5-5 inches. Seriously, I thought it was a small bat at first. Rediculous!

[Ravens_cry]

What did it look like asides from size ?

[TheThan]

Appropriate Youtube linky here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgvxt8QfkZ8

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

The largest moth I've ever seen is the Hummingbird Moth, which might be what you have there. 'Course, this mighty moth can be found in th harsh conditions local to Saskatchewan, so maybe not.

[Charity]

Biggest dang moth?
http://emvergeoning.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mothra.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DXNWY2dX7Wo/SCGou2b9LcI/AAAAAAAAAk4/FKt_HsL_1Vc/s400/Big+moth.jpg

[Vmag]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DXNWY2dX7Wo/SCGou2b9LcI/AAAAAAAAAk4/FKt_HsL_1Vc/s400/Big+moth.jpg
Holy--! Where's my net?! Nook's, here I come~

[Spiryt]

Oh no!

http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens3422102_1238380193JK-mothman.jpg

[bosssmiley]

It's obviously come to hypnotise you with its fractal wing patterns and then drink your dreams.

Suddenly, Slake Moths!

https://cghub.com/files/Image/2340/image.jpg

[Thrawn183]

What did it look like asides from size ?

A pale yellow or tan. There were no dark brown markings that I could see. I'm having a little trouble with the wing shape, (it was flying the entire time it was trying to batter it's way through the sliding glass door) though I do remember that while it had the dents(?) in the middle of its wings, they weren't more than half an inch. The posterior, distal portion of the wings did have some sort of...ropey thing hanging off. Maybe an inch long? Ger, if only it hadn't been dark and I hadn't been tired.

[V'icternus]

Spawn of Mothra. Yep, that explains it.

Man #1: Run! It's Mothra!!

Man #2: It looks like Mothra, but, due to international copyright laws, it's not.

Man #1: Still, we should run like it is Mothra!

Man #2: Though it isn't.

Both: Aaaaaaaagh!

[Myshlaevsky]

A pale yellow or tan. There were no dark brown markings that I could see. I'm having a little trouble with the wing shape, (it was flying the entire time it was trying to batter it's way through the sliding glass door) though I do remember that while it had the dents(?) in the middle of its wings, they weren't more than half an inch. The posterior, distal portion of the wings did have some sort of...ropey thing hanging off. Maybe an inch long? Ger, if only it hadn't been dark and I hadn't been tired.

Oh wow. Pale yellow or tan? Dear lord.

[blackouttwo]

Oh wow. Pale yellow or tan? Dear lord.

:smallconfused: Are those specific colors bad where moths are concerned? *knows very little of moths*

[Myshlaevsky]

:smallconfused: Are those specific colors bad where moths are concerned? *knows very little of moths*

Yeah, very much so. That moth he's talking about contains six pints of venom. Deadly venom.

[blackouttwo]

:smalleek: Don't you think you should've mentioned that three posts ago?

'Cus if I knew that, I would've said it right there. <_< >_>

[Thrawn183]

Hmmmm, perhaps I should have mentioned that I'm partially colorblind...

Curses!

[Quincunx]

About yea-sized and with a horizontal stripe of "that color" (light blue) when its wings were open?

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u231/Quincunx_GitP/Fabrics/resize_03.jpg

[Myshlaevsky]

:smalleek: Don't you think you should've mentioned that three posts ago?

'Cus if I knew that, I would've said it right there. <_< >_>

I'm just kidding around. I don't think there's any moth that six pints of venom would fit inside.


About yea-sized and with a horizontal stripe of "that color" (light blue) when its wings were open?

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u231/Quincunx_GitP/Fabrics/resize_03.jpg

That's quite pretty. I'm surprised, I guess because I'm more used to seeing attractive wing patterns on butterflies.

[Lupy]

Do you live in North Carolina or the surrounding states?

We have something we call a Lumina Moth with sounds a lot like you describe.

At Boy Scout camp this year one got under my blanket which was over my head while I was sitting up reading and every time I tried to knock it out of my bed it came back. It did this every night. :smallsigh: And kept waking me up.

[Lyndworm]

Do you live in North Carolina or the surrounding states?

We have something we call a Lumina Moth with sounds a lot like you describe.

At Boy Scout camp this year one got under my blanket which was over my head while I was sitting up reading and every time I tried to knock it out of my bed it came back. It did this every night. :smallsigh: And kept waking me up.

How did it wake you up if you were already reading? Also, if you were reading at night then it's more your fault then it is the moth's. :smalltongue:



I'm just kidding around. I don't think there's any moth that six pints of venom would fit inside.

There is not. Also, there are no venomous moths at all, though there are some that are toxic if you eat them.



That's quite pretty. I'm surprised, I guess because I'm more used to seeing attractive wing patterns on butterflies.

That type of thing actually isn't very uncommon. The biggest difference between butterflies and moths is the antennae, which really only differ between males. There are a whole bunch of butterflies that look like moths (including nocturnal habits in many cases), and a whole bunch of moths that look like butterflies (including diurnal habits in many cases). Nature's funny like that.



As for the OP, I guarantee you that you have nothing to worry about. Also, those "ropey things" are called tails, just for future reference.

[Thrawn183]

Do you live in North Carolina or the surrounding states?

We have something we call a Lumina Moth with sounds a lot like you describe.

At Boy Scout camp this year one got under my blanket which was over my head while I was sitting up reading and every time I tried to knock it out of my bed it came back. It did this every night. :smallsigh: And kept waking me up.

I actually live in Chapel Hill NC. I did a quick image search on google for lumina moth... and didn't actually get any moths.

For the picture posted (of a real moth) the wings were about that large in terms of pure wingspan, but they were longer in terms of body length and didn't taper very much, giving them a much larger total surface.

Edit: AHA! I tried searching "moth, lumina" in google images and found something that looks quite a bit like it on the first page.

I've never tried to post a link before, but here goes *crosses fingers*
http://www.clipart.com/en/search/split?nvc_cj=1&PID=1378525&AID=10292438&q=Luna

The Luna moth. According to wikipedia can have a wingspan of 3-4.5 inches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth

[Lupy]

They appear to be one in the same.