I believe your image 9858 is Catocala robinsonii., or another Catocala sp. What a beautiful moth! I think image 9847 is Catocala ilia. Image 9838 may be Catocala nebulosa. He's pretty worn. Image 9830 may be Catocala obscura. This one is a toughy. This is a superb site for moth ID http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/ Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: kjchilds To: TN Butterflies Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: [TN-Butterflies] A great day of butterflying (and goofing off) One of the big moths just about gave me a heart attack. It flew just like many of the forest species of butterflies do and when it landed, this is what I saw. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9855.jpg I slowly moved around the other side of the tree and saw what it really was. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9858.jpg Here are a couple of the other moth species I saw. These are all big bugs. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9830.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9838.jpg http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9847.jpg
