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Comment by Chuck Parham on June 27, 2013 at 4:57

When I used to be a competitive shooter I had a huge moth fly directly in front of me while trap shooting one night. It distracted me while I was swinging on a target I missed the target. It happened to be the 25th bird on a perfect string of hit targets costing me a perfect round. I like bugs, just not that one particular moth!

Comment by Sue OldsWidow on June 26, 2013 at 19:42

nice moth.....i used to collect them in my girlscout era....i scouted out all the street lights in the neighboorhood...i had the "BUG BOX"  the luna moth was my favorite of them all

Comment by Ron Cooper on June 26, 2013 at 19:39

Very cool, Carl! I remember when I was quite young and visiting Disneyland my parents let me buy an Attica Atlas Moth in one of the gift shops on Main Street. It was encased in a large glass cube and posed in what was supposed to be its natural environment. It was similar to a terrarium only there was nothing still living inside. It was very cool, also! And, the Attica Atlas moth also has similar markings that look like eyes. Here is a pic of one...

Attica Atlas moths are found in Southeast Asia and in Cantonese their name translates to "Snakes Head Moth" because those eye-like outer edges bear a striking resemblance to a snakes head.  I kept that glass encased moth for nearly 3 decades. It was a beautiful adornment on dressers or a mantle.

Thanks for sparking such a good memory for me with this picture of your moth! You have some really cool critters in your neck of the woods!

Cheers, my friend!

Comment by Indian on June 26, 2013 at 19:35

hey that is awesome..I posted a pic while back about one that visited me at work one night...great pic

Comment by Carl Newton on June 26, 2013 at 19:21

BlackWitch Moth (ascalapha odorata) about 7 inches and it gets larger, on my back porch. Symbol of death in southwestern mythology. Note the false eyes on each wing. Moving around south Texas this time of year