New Hood Ornament!

[Kevan]

I was working on the truck last night and had a new hood ornament fly onto it.
Well, technically it's the roof, but....

The 9/16" socket is for scale (though it doesn't really help much).

This guy was so big, I thought a bird had flown into the garage.

 

[Texas Yellow Fever]

Damn! He must have been on his way to the movie set or something...something that big has got to be starring in a horrow flick...LOL!!!

 

[TREKER]

Mothra!!!!

 

[Gaboon]

Where did you get? How much did it cost? Can they do one in blue and white

 

[hemi killer]

That would be a Sphinx moth. Maybe the member here with the tarantula could make a cheesy monster movie with both of them.

 

[Kevan]

Thanks for the tip, HemiKiller.
Looks like he/she is either a Rustic Sphinx or Florestan Sphinx.
http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/Spectacular.html

I was always told not to touch a moth's wings; that there is a fine powder on their wings that the oils on our skin can damage.
I didn't touch him/her, but I did notice a fine powder on the roof of the truck after it left the garage. Almost like very, VERY tiny hairs.

Pretty interesting animal. Didn't move as I opened and closed the truck door a dozen times. Very content to catch some rays from the overhead light.

 

[Roz]

Thanks for the tip, HemiKiller.
Looks like he/she is either a Rustic Sphinx or Florestan Sphinx.
http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/Spectacular.html

I was always told not to touch a moth's wings; that there is a fine powder on their wings that the oils on our skin can damage.
I didn't touch him/her, but I did notice a fine powder on the roof of the truck after it left the garage. Almost like very, VERY tiny hairs.

Pretty interesting animal. Didn't move as I opened and closed the truck door a dozen times. Very content to catch some rays from the overhead light.

He stole your rays in the garage!

 

[Black1]

We have a little fella that hangs out on our back patio at night that looks like that... Sarah was petrified at first, because the bottom of it looks like a big stinger! Sure enough, you have a Sphinx Moth. :rock:

Here's what our little buddy looks like.

 

[mauiSRT/10]

Thats a big bug!!!! ...............reminds me of a great movie.......Starship Troopers!!!! Love that Denise Richards.......ouch!!!


patrick

 

[vaderSrt10]

thats nothing. roaches wayyyy bigger than that in the hood. tell em Stev!

 

[dragon]

Thats a big bug!!!! ...............reminds me of a great movie.......Starship Troopers!!!! Love that Denise Richards.......ouch!!!


patrick

starship troopers....hum yes.... Denise Richards....hum yes yes....:star:

 

[azpyroguy]

Here is AZ we have Palo Verde beetles.. I was at my friends house in Buckeye... and I kid you not.. this thing landed on the back porch, it was no less than 4 inches long, and 2 inches wide...

I have a picture of it stuck on the pitch fork somewhere.. I will post when I find it... we stuck it with a pitch fork, then in a coffee can with lid, and the next day it was still alive...:slug:

This is an example pic of one... that was about 5 inches long... not ours.. but.. close..

 

[SRT-IZ]

Stinker had an ornament but he used it for his hat though.....

 

[SRT-IZ]

WOW...Thats a really BIG pic....

 

[Silverback]

Stinker had an ornament but he used it for his hat though.....

Did he eat it?:dontknow:

 

[Prof]

Stinker is soooooooo cute.