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Published: 2016-02-16 16:26:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 937; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 6
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Terrible background (wall of my house), but it was huge and I hadn't seen one before so here you go
(Xylophanes tersa)
Coral Gables, Florida
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Unfortunately the wall of the house is the best place to find moths. Most of my moth pics are in the same area that I take pictures of my spiders, so you can see dirty webs and the wall of the house. 
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Yeah, moths like walls near the porch light in the evening too
Thanks for the comment
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If you have a really wide open area, hang up a white sheet and place a black light under it. That will call moths from a long way away, turn off the light and they will leave. That is my next project, we have six acres of pasture surrounded by woods. I am hoping to drawn something spectacular out.
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I have seen some white sheet demonstrations at our local botanical garden, and I have definitely thought about it.Β The biologist directing it said that particular wavelength bulbs (that are hard to find) work much better, so I haven't put a setup together yet.Β Let me know how yours works out!
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I will do, I am just waiting for it to warm up a bit more.
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^^ Wow, very interesting looking! ^^ Looks so soft as well!Β
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Yeah, though I doubt it would let me pet it?
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haha yeah probably not XD but who knows lol
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Holy shit. I would shit my pants if I saw that fly onto my TV.
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This was outside if that wasn't clear
I would have agreed in the past, but I love bugs now after photographing them so much that I would be excited to see almost any one in my house
(not roaches, termites, ants, wool-eating moths, bees/wasps, etc though
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