Thursday, May 28, 2009

Welcome To The Jungle

Yes, it's real. It's a moth with a foot-long wingspan.


Mike in the comments tells us that this is an Atlas Moth.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should tell Epril to stop washing her clothes at 150 degrees Celcius :)

Mike said...

I also took a piture of one last month when Fretzie and i were on Camquin Island. I looked it up on the net. Its a Atlas Moth

Jil Wrinkle said...

Mike... absolutely right! It doesn't look exactly like the photo samples, but what else could it be, eh?

charish said...

Very cool. I will show my kids when they get home from school. Long time no visit.Hope all is good with you. Sorry about the break in. Hope things are getting better.

Anonymous said...

Holy shit.

Mike said...

Jil If you look at the additional photos at the bottom of that site you were at they have 1 photo thats looks alot like yours

Anonymous said...

from a long-time lurker...off-topic but please correct the spelling of 'Mindanao' in your title page from the phrase 'the island of Mindinao'.

sunny villa
E16, London, UK

Jil Wrinkle said...

Thanks. I'm always making that same spelling mistake.