Saturday Snapshot
August 4, 2012
As I was walking into the grocery store the other day, I looked down and noticed this gorgeous moth. I wish I had put something down beside it as a scale so you could see just how big it was. I don’t know what kind it is but I think it’s a beauty.
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It is beautiful…Wow!!
Thanks for sharing.
Wow that is a gorgeous moth! LOVE those colors, I wonder if it is in the butterfly family. A few weeks I had seen a moth that I first thought it was a hummingbird. I googled it and it was an aptly named hummingbird moth, lol.
I’d love it if you would stop by and come see my pic for today.
How beautiful! I hope it flew away before someone stepped on him.
It looks like a watercolor painting, so pretty. I love the way nature is so symmetrical too.
What a great thing to stumble on! Er, not literally though…
Gorgeous find!
What a lovely shot.
wow, that is a beautiful moth, my kids would love that…. Book Savvy Babe
I’ve never seen a moth that color. Usually, I’m not crazy about moths. This one I like. It’s pretty, very unique. I think some people would have walked by without seeing it.
That is beautiful! I couldn’t resist hunting for the ID online and found that it’s an Imperial Moth – and so huge in the other photo at this moth page:
http://schmidling.com/impmoth.htm
I’ve never seen a moth that big before in person. Was the moth in your photo that big?
It is…beautiful…and not scary at all!
Moths kind of creep me out–but I do love the color of your guy contrasted against the gray pavement.
*smiles*
That is an “Imperial Moth” (Eacles imperalis). They are huge, with a wingspan of up to 6 inches, and are one of the few saturniid species experiencing a decline due to the lack of woodlands. We have them here too, and I just love them.
Wow! Super gorgeous…and I love the colors. I have never seen one quite like that. Thanks for sharing….
Beautiful. Looks like a fabric design.
Such a lovely creature! Great image!
Rebecca @ The Key to the Gate
That is beautiful. The colours and markings are lovely – your were lucky it was so obliging and stayed still to have a photo taken!
oh wow! that is beautiful! thanks for sharing it with us.
weren’t you quick on the draw, I’m always fumbling with my camera, and by then the “thing” of interest has flown away.
Beautiful picture. Nature is amazing!
So beautiful and how aweome are you for being camera-ready!
Is that a very common color for a moth? Pretty picture.
I have never seen a moth like that. Good shot of the moth.
So pretty and textural.
Amazing shot! How did you get so close to it and take its picture? Just beautiful color.
That is a beauty!
Wow, how beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Imperial moth. It may be too cold for them where I live (except this summer, of course, ha).
An astonishing moth, thanks for sharing- such a lovely shot.
Moths are usually not so pretty, but this one is a looker.
this is the sort of moth Michael Ondaatje would have loved to find. beautiful.
If you post your photo to project noah, they can identify it for you.
So surprising to unexpectedly run across such beauty.
Gorgeous! How big WAS it? And … did I see that you have a Corgi pup too in your profile picture? I have two Corgis and am inlove with the breed!
Oh wow! That is a beautiful moth! It looks like it should be in the fall tress or something, not in a parking lot! Great photo today!
How pretty! It looks like that fancy marbled paper you sometimes see in books.
How different — great capture Kathy.
Beautiful!
Wow! I’ve never seen one that color..love it. what a lucky find!