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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 9:56 am
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OH MY GOD, IT'S MOTHRA!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 10:33 am
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I believe that is a Cecropia moth.
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 11:23 am
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Its hard to tell from the picture angle but I don't believe that its a Cecropia moth. The abdomen is the wrong shape. It could be an Underwing or Sphinx moth. The wng colors and pattern would definately tell you it is though.
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Posted: Jun 22, 2012 12:05 pm
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 Whoa momma! A top Pinecam poster!  Joined: Jul 30, 2006 4:05 pm
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Lots of sphinx moths around this year.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 8:34 am
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We happened to visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science yesterday and they have a butterfly and moth exhibit on the bottom level. The Sphinx moth (or some variant?) seems to be the closest match based on the moths they had displayed.
Thank you for the replies. Top view of our moth: 
Denver Museum of Nature and Science moth: 
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 9:20 am
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Looks like a winged Chinchilla.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 9:57 am
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HA! I agree! I was looking at how soft it looked and then read your post
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 11:05 am
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Looks like a Miller moth to me that comes every spring, closer to summer up here. Heard they were really bad out on the eastern plains this spring. They usually show up when the yuccas are in bloom.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 11:14 am
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Cecropias have much more fan shaped antennae.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 11:33 am
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Whoa momma! A top Pinecam poster!  Joined: Jan 19, 2007 9:32 am
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Oh heavens, I can't read this one, I'm PETRIFIED of moths.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2012 11:38 am
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sphinx moth. I saw a cecropia on a garage wall in Crow Valley, it was 6 inches across, no kidding. Careful on Crow Valley Road, Hamm!
 It had just emerged and its siblings were drying out nearby on the same wall.
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