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I shot this on Monday morning, watching it flutter from plant to plant, flattening its wings for just a moment, before moving on.  At one website, it was told it was this, and at another, that.  Someone even said, "it is much too pretty to be a moth!"

Well, certainly one thing we can agree on is that the Designer knew what He was doing!

Whaddya think?  Butterfly or Moth?   



In the Designer's Grip,
Kevin

I haven't a clue, but it sure is pretty!

Thanks, Janet!  The spots, I've read, look like big, scary eyes to a bird that might looking for an easy meal.

Gripped,
Kevin

My thought is moth, but I like your assessment that the Creator knew what he was doing when He made it.

My first thought is a moth because it isn't really colorful.  But I haven't a clue as to what it is.

Well it's certainly not a moth. You can tell by the antenae. Moth antenae are "fluffy" like a feather, these are single shafts.
I googled buckeye butterfly images and they shure look like yours
http://www.laspilitas.com/butterflies/Butterflies_and_Moths/buckeye/Buckeye.html

Great photo and what a wonderful comment about our Creator.

I think it's a butterfly.

Moths rest with theiir wings outspread.    Butterflies and skippers rest with wings folded as in your picture.   

What I take to be antennae are too small to see, but it the antennae are clublike, it's a butterfly, and if they are hooked on the ends, it's a skipper.

http://members.aol.com/yesbutrfly/bu_or_mo.html

Whatever it is it sure is pretty.

So Kevin, did you know or did you not? 

Do you know yet?

I'm thinking butterfly.  Although, it did rest with it's wings folded outward occasionaly (as a moth would do) I snapped this shot when it had its wings in the "up" position.

But you know, I never lost a second of sleep wondering which it was .

In His Grip,
Kevin

I did a google search on buckeye and your posting came up.  Of course I had to join your group!

It is not a Buckeye (I'll post a Buckeye photo in a moment) but it is a butterfly.

I would assume a nymph or satyr.  Where did you take the photo?

You can check identity of butterflies and moths at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/map.  Just go to your state.

~Edith

Quote from: Edith on November 12, 2006, 12:56:43 PM
I did a google search on buckeye and your posting came up.  Of course I had to join your group!

It is not a Buckeye (I'll post a Buckeye photo in a moment) but it is a butterfly.

I would assume a nymph or satyr.  Where did you take the photo?

You can check identity of butterflies and moths at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/map.  Just go to your state.

~Edith

Thanks for the good info, Edith.  I am originally from Louisiana, but live in Japan.  And here in Japan, not too far from my home is where I took this picture.

In His Grip,
Kevin

Kevin yes a butterfly, fine thin antennae and when resting wings folded are the identifying facts for butterflies and moths.  At least that is what the science book of the girls reads.

I can just imagine our Lords delight when he created these insects.....and finished with "it is good!"

Have you anymore like this, Kevin?

There is a third kind of lepidopteran, the "skipper."    They have thin, clubbed antennae like butterflies, but they have a little "hook" on the end.

They rest with their wings folded, and they tend to be less colorful.   I just posted a picture of one with a pretty good shot of the antennae.