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Published: 2006-07-25 07:32:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 2410; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 15
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Pandorus Sphinx - Eumorpha pandorusPennsylvania, USA
July 24, 2006
This is the first I've seen one of these in Jim Thorpe-I found a few down south in SC and NC. This one is bigger.
It was a delightful surprise to find this under a towel I had hanging on the porch ^_^
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Ah I live in PA to <3 I found one of these down there the Apple Bees In Harrisburg a year ago <3
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WOOOOOOOOOOOW.
is that real?! ITS HUGE!
awesome pic. it looks like it's about to fly away, taking a part of you away with it. it leaves me breathless with anticapation.
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Oh yeah it's real. Beautiful aren't they?! They don't fly until it gets dark out. and Thanks! ^__^
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Truly gorgeous. Youre welcome!
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Huge and beautiful! 
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Wow!!! WOW!! that is so cool! I'm utterly speechless. that's just...wow. I love the colors on it's wings. It's really really beautiful!
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I'm glad you like it so much ! ^__^ Thank-you!!
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wow, lucky! I've never caught a moth that big in my life!
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Actually he was just sitting on a towel on my porch-they don't tend to fly in the daytime-makes them really easy to work with.
I like to photograph nocturnal insects so I leave a light on with white cloth for the bugs to land on and hope they stay put until morning. (recently I started using a bug zapper with a sheer curtain wrapped around it-that spectrum seems to be what they like best and with the curtain they don't get killed ^__^)
Give it a try-you get some really cool surprises.
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thats a really good idea, I'll have to try that
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I wish I knew how to do origami. ^__^
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I've never seen a hummingbird moth this big before. This is beautiful. I imagine it must look pretty amazing in flight.
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There are species that are bigger still-but we don't have them here in Pennsylvania. I have never actually seen a Pandorus Sphinx Moth in flight-but I have seen other species the same size and they are awesome!
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what a huge moth..very pretty..i dont mind this critter
flying around in my room now..(^-^)
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I held it in my hand this summer, but it was waaaay smaller. Amazing aren't they? Good photo ;}
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooos
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marvellous!!! it is really big!! it is also very elegant!
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Thanks!
So many people think moths are bad-I guess because of "clothing moths" and moths are nocturnal but they are just as beautiful as the ever popular butterfly.
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It's greeeen. 
It's cool how moths look so fuzzy. xD
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Oh man! This moth is so georgeous! Nice photo. (yet again.)
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Thanks ^_^ I took alot of photos of this guy since it was the first one have seen here.
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^_^ Thanks! (and we have bigger ones around here too!)
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WHOA. That thing is HUUUGE.... But I love how it's all greeeen.
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WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAH did it feel cold? Moths usually feel cold for me. That is -BEAUTIFUL-
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Most "furry" things feel sort of cold when you just touch the fur. so yes-it felt coldish.
Moths wings are so fragile-I think of them as being soft-even when they aren't fresh out the cocoon.
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Yep-but not the biggest we have-I'm still hunting for one!! Those make this one look small!!
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Wow...!! what a dude..!!..He's beautiful..!!!...
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Thanks ^_^
No-not dead-they sleep in the daytime so they can be handled like this. ^_^
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very cool.. nice colors and patterns on this one
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Thanks ^_^ I'm finding so many things I haven't seen here before. It's a great year of neat insects!! (and big ones)
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