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I have looked through the pictures of moths in CO and in RMNP. Found similar ones but none with the same looking spots.
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Name this moth #661401
Asked July 08, 2020, 11:31 AM EDT
I have looked through the pictures of moths in CO and in RMNP. Found similar ones but none with the same looking spots.
Larimer County Colorado
Expert Response
I think it is the black witch. A fact sheet on this is at: https://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bspm/2018/BlackWitch.pdf Lots more pictures at: https://bugguide.net/node/view/23779/bgimage
Very large moth - the one with the largest wingspan one will find in Colorado. Doesn't reproduce in the state and does not survive between seasons. It is a migrant that periodically gets blown up from Texas and points south. A weather pattern a week or so ago seems to have pulled some into the state.
Very large moth - the one with the largest wingspan one will find in Colorado. Doesn't reproduce in the state and does not survive between seasons. It is a migrant that periodically gets blown up from Texas and points south. A weather pattern a week or so ago seems to have pulled some into the state.
Thank you!
