Need Help ID-ing a Giant Moth

[jhain]

Found him on the screen door this morning:

[Blue_In_AK]

1. LOL.

[Mz Pip]

2. Doh!

Very cute specimen. I'd keep him around for observation. If he flies into a light fixture you may have a problem. :-)

[livvy]

3. Ah, yes. The pussyfussicuss orangelicus. Lovely specimen! n/t

[KC]

4. lol

That's so funny !

KC

[NV Whino]

5. I believe

that is the phineus mothus.

[jhain]

10. DING DING DING!!

aka The Town Catnip Addict.

I have never known a cat to be so LOOPY *All Day LONG* from the stuff. And, he keeps ambushing the older cats and ending up with the kibble beaten out of him. And, eating more catnip and doing it all over again........and hanging from screens..and falling off fences and fighting with the laundry on the line.

He needs an intervention.

[NV Whino]

14. Phineas has to be the funniest cat I've ever seen

My guys provide some entertaining moments, but they don't hold a candle to Phineas.

[Adsos Letter]

6. LOL!!!

Your "moth" is thinkin' "Dammit...if I only had opposable thumbs I could just use the doorknob like everyone else..."

Great picture! :D

EDIT: looks like a nice greenhouse, btw...it also looks like you're trying to attach a tiny little wristband to the moth...do moths have wrists?

[jhain]

9. yes, I was banding him

prior to release back to the wild.

[ConsAreLiars]

7. Well, I hate to say this, but

that moth guy seems to be EXTREMELY happy doing whatever it is doing.

[Eurobabe]

8. ROFL!!

Is that Mr. Phinn? PMing you now.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

11. Cats do funny stuff...

but off topic, about your green house, We are looking about getting one and don't know anything about them, are they easy to put together and ventilated?

[jhain]

12. will send more info later

I have lots of info and photos- off to the beach at the moment....

[CC]

13. There go your screens

but a great capture. I love it and needed the laugh.

[chitty]

15. There's nothing like

an orange tabby.

They're not your average cat.

[JeffR]

16. That's amazing.

Young dog Zen tried a similar trick with the glass portion of our back screen door recently. End result: broken glass all over the kitchen floor. He didn't get hurt, but I managed to get a few punctures cleaning up the shards. Man's best friend, indeed.

[Eurobabe]

17. Whenever I need a laugh, I pull up that photo

MOTHMAN!! :rofl:

I fly home again in 5 wks. :D