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Published: 2006-04-07 03:21:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 457; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 19
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These pterodactyls were flying around our back porch a few weeks ago. It was actually an easy shot - they're less shy than butterflies
Also known as a hummingbird moth as they come out at dusk and their wings beat so fast that people often mistake them for hummingbirds. The camera allows a glimpse we wouldn't see with our human eye!
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I remember the first time I saw a sphinx moth. I was in grade school and when I saw it up in a corner of a hallway I just stopped and stared at it because I had no idea what it was, all I knew was that it was HUGE!!!
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Yes! That was such a lucky shot 
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Thank you - it was such a lucky shot!!
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wow! i dont think ive seen one of them before, but maybe thats just coz i havnt seen a close up as good as this before
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I know - I lurve it! But the larva for these suckers! Texas sized!
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Have you ever seen a Cecropia caterpillar? They're so hugegantinormous!
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Whoa! 
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These are relatively common in Indiana.
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