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Black Witch Moth - male - Ascalapha odorata
Copyright © 2014 Sarah Rachel

Black Witch Moth - male - Ascalapha odorata
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
July 4, 2014
Size: wing span - a full 7"
Wish I could have gotten a shot, or even just seen, this moth's underside and body, but I didn't.
It sat still long enough to shoot a few shots like this and then took off so fast I saw nothing else.
As you can see, the wing span was a smidgen larger than two bricks and their mortar, which = 7".
They grow em LARGE in Texas. ;)

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Black Witch Moth - male - Ascalapha odorata Unknown moth - Ascalapha odorata
Contributed by Sarah Rachel on 14 July, 2014 - 5:58pm
Last updated 14 July, 2014 - 11:03pm

location data needs correction, reads...
"..., TX, USA, Bexar County, Texas, USA"
… v belov, 14 July, 2014 - 8:45pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 14 July, 2014 - 8:35pm

Black Witch, I presume
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 July, 2014 - 6:04pm

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