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    Moth?

    No clubs on the end of the antenna means its a moth and not a butterfly, right?
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    Re: Moth?

    I say it's a moth
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    Re: Moth?

    If it looks like it should be dancing overhead around the porch light, I call it a moth.

    That one looks like a moth to me, too.
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    Re: Moth?

    Keep Shooting!

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    Re: Moth?

    yeah they way i tell is how the wings fold. that one would be a moth (even though in the pic the wings look like a butterflys, i suspect they were in motion and not folded in)
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    Re: Moth?

    Looks like a Silver Y found here in the UK.
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    Re: Moth?

    He was about the size of a grass skipper butterfly, maybe slightly larger. I thought originally it was a skipper when I first saw him. I haven't been able to figure out an ID yet.

    Thanks everyone for the Moth conformation

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    Re: Moth?

    Autographa gamma
    also known as
    Plusia gamma
    Phytometra gamma

    I see that is is found in the USA as well, same species.
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