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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Moths</title>
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		<title>Black Witch</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/18/black-witch-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giant moth on my screen
November 17, 2009
I was headed to work and found this guy on my screen porch. He was about 6-8 inches in wingspan.
matt
south florida
Hi Matt,
This is a Black Witch, a large neotropical moth that often migrates north.





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		<title>Polka Dot Wasp Moth</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/14/polka-dot-wasp-moth-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s this bug?
November 13, 2009
It was on the windshield of our car after we stayed at a hotel near the coast in Georgia.
Roger Racine
coastal Georgia
Hi Roger,
The caterpillars of your Polka Dot Wasp Moth feed on oleander, and they are known as Oleander Caterpillars.





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		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/14/21819/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk Moths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Black Crazy Shaped Moth??
November 10, 2009
This &#8220;moth&#8221;, has been residing in our home for several days. We couldn&#8217;t get a very good picture, but it almost has a spade shaped tail and body part. Have been looking up moth types but cannot find anything similar. Please let us know if you have any ideas, [...]


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		<title>Echo Moth</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/07/echo-moth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tiger Moths and Arctiids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a tiger moth?
November 6, 2009
My friends and I discovered this beautifully colored moth on a handrail outside of my school. We couldn&#8217;t find anything quite like this bug on the internet. My school is located next to a nature reserve if that helps any.
Marina D.
Miami, Florida
Hi Marina,
You are correct in speculating that this [...]


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		<title>Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth from the Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/spotted-oleander-caterpillar-moth-from-the-caribbean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/spotted-oleander-caterpillar-moth-from-the-caribbean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please identify this winged creature
November 1, 2009
Found this bug outside my door, while in med school in St,Maarten
Dmitry
St.Maarten, Carribean
Hi Dmitry,
This is a Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth, Empyreuma affinis.  It is native to the Caribbean and has been introduced to Florida.





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		<title>Leaf Skeletonizer Moth on Euonymus</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/sawfly-on-euonymus-we-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/sawfly-on-euonymus-we-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this Orange, Yellow, Black bug?
October 31, 2009
Flying insect found in Anne Arundel County, MD. Size =0.75 inch. Wing span compact (delta shape) about 1.25 inches when extended. Dark wing veins. Head and feet black. Abdomen yellow/orange and appears &#8220;fuzzy&#8221;.
Currently swarming. Swarms appear to be mating and are found on top branches of euonymus [...]


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		<title>Tersa Sphinx</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/tersa-sphinx-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moth at the beach
October 30, 2009
Saw this moth at a rental house while at the beach. It hung out a few days so we decided to snap a picture
The Fairchild&#8217;s
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Dear Fairchilds,
This is a Tersa Sphinx.  We just posted a few photos of its caterpillar, so it is nice to have the adult moth [...]


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		<title>Melonworm Moth</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/23/melonworm-moth-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this guy landed on my brothers desk at work
October 22, 2009
this guy landed this past monday october 20th 2009 on my brothers desk at work in plano tx. it sat there wiggling its tail side to side.
kris
plano tx
Hi Kris,
With its distinctive wings and tufted abdomen, it is not likely that the Melonworm Moth, Diaphania hyalinata, [...]


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		<title>Bagworm Moth from the Swiss Alps</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/homopteran-from-the-alps-black-woolly-aphid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/homopteran-from-the-alps-black-woolly-aphid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuzzy Black bug from the Alps
October 19, 2009
I have always wondered what this bug is. My husband and I encountered it a few years ago when we were hiking in the mountains in Switzerland. We were taking a lunch break just above the tree line and this little guy just floated onto my arm and [...]


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		<title>Hummingbird Moth from Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/14/hummingbird-moth-from-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green moth found in Japan
October 13, 2009
Hello!
My friend took a photo of this lovely moth in Tokyo, mid-October, near her apartment. I&#8217;ve been trying to find out exactly what it is, and I think it may be a Cephonodes species, but I&#8217;m unsure exactly what. If you could help give an exact ID that would [...]


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