I just saw big foot!!!!!!!!!!

gixxerific · Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:58 am

Or at least the moth version of him.

At least I think it was a moth, it was at dusk and hard to see. Of course by the time I found the camera it was gone.

But it was roughly the size of a hummingbird but what looked like moth wings. The body was curled under almost like a wasp. Like I said it was dark. Oh yeah it seemed to be trying to feed on flowers perhaps or at least that sort of here and there behavior. This was all on my tomato plants.

I know that is a bizarre description but any thought on this.

applestar · Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:01 am

You mean you saw Mothra?! Did you see the little singing girls hiding in the tomatoes?

webmaster · Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:11 am

No, no. That was a ChupaFlores.

rainbowgardener · Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:33 am

Was it this guy?

https://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/hummingb.htm

hummingbird moth.... it's the adult of your hornworms, which might be why it was around your tomato patch.

gixxerific · Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:43 am

I thought about the sphinx. I will never know it was so dark. But yes RBG it was probably that. Big ol SOB.

rainbowgardener · Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:36 pm

Yeah.. probably laying more hornworm eggs on your tomatoes!

gixxerific · Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:47 pm

rainbowgardener wrote:Yeah.. probably laying more hornworm eggs on your tomatoes!

That is not a very nice thing to say. Now go to your room and think about what you did. LOL

applestar · Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:46 pm

Hummingbird moth pics I posted last year:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=149799#149799

Kisal · Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:54 pm

Maybe a Cecropia moth? I know they're in your area, because I used to catch them when I was a kid living back there.

[img]https://godsofadvertising.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/cecropia-moth-3.jpg[/img]

Or perhaps a Luna moth?
[img]https://msucares.com/newsletters/pests/gloworm/2001/images/luna.jpg[/img]

gixxerific · Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:47 am

Never saw it till late night so does that narrow the field?

Again it was too dark to really tell other than that thing was huge. Maybe I can capture it tonight.

Kisal · Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:01 am

According to what I've read, hummingbird moths are active during the day, rather than at night, like most moths. That's why people liken them to hummingbirds. However, I can't back that with any authoritative reference, so your guess is as good as mine.

!potatoes! · Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:21 pm

the big sphinxes, like the hornworm adults, are mostly nocturnal, unlike their smaller hummingbird moth cousins.

DoubleDogFarm · Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:51 am

This one came through my open window a few nights ago. At first I thought it was a bat. I caught in a jar and kept it until morning. Here it is on my deck when I released it.

[img]https://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h300/eric_wa/peasandmoth001.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h300/eric_wa/peasandmoth007.jpg[/img]

Is this a Owl Moth?

Eric

applestar · Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:35 am

Mothra~~~
Mothra~~~

!potatoes! · Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:31 pm

polyphemus moth, could be one of the most common giant silk moths. i used to catch quite a few as a kid.

or mothra.
or some unholy lovechild of the two.