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Interesting Creatures Great and Small on ActiveRain

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UNUSUAL MOTH - PALM DESERT


One of the little pleasures I have here on ActiveRain, is viewing photos that folks take when they are either vacationing, working around their homes, or seeing the unusual in the course of their everyday lives.

If you have an opportunity to visit the blogs of the following Active Rainers, I think you will witness some pretty amazing stuff.  Robert Swetz is a serious traveler and photographer.  Visiting his blog is like going on a Virtual Vacation.  Another blogger, Mike Jones, often photographs things that "visit" his home environment - rattle snakes, owls, hummingbirds, etc.  The other day, Trey Thurmond photographed the most "otherworldly" metallic armored beetle I had ever seen. 

The photo above is of a moth that I discovered on a trip to Palm Desert, awhile back.  It measures about 3 1/2 inches across.  It absolutely looked like a dried leaf.  Nature often does present some really remarkable creatures for us to experience.

 

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Lizette Fitzpatrick
Lizette Realty - Richmond KY - Lexington, KY
Lizette Realty, Lexington KY MLS - Kentucky Homes

Wow! He looks like a Stealth fighter plane! Cool! Reminds me of my post I wrote about a moth that Dad gave me.

Oct 17, 2008 01:34 PM
Donna Harris
Donna Homes, powered by JPAR - TexasRealEstateMediationServices.com - Austin, TX
Realtor,Mediator,Ombudsman,Property Tax Arbitrator

I sometimes just skim blogs looking for pictures.  Some are good, many are not so...  Cool looking moth!

Oct 17, 2008 01:47 PM
Mike Jones
SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ
Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Myrl's Moth Metamorphizing


Myrl,

I thought we should get him ready for Hallow E'en...

Mike in Tucson

Oct 17, 2008 02:23 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Myrl - I would like to thank you so much for mentioning my name in your blog. I am slowly getting myself out there through my different groups. I have spent 30 years of my life taking photographs, painting with oil paints & water colors and writing poetry and short stories. One of these days I will really bust loose at AR and members will start to wonder, who really is this Robert Swetz guy? It's our little secret, OK?

Thanks again and keep in touch.

Oct 17, 2008 06:23 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

That is so freakin' cool, Myrl. Although, it's too bad that the moth's wings look damaged. Maybe that's what happens from hanging out in the desert in Palm Springs?

I was in my back yard yesterday looking at my holly tree when I noticed a tiny squirrel perched on top of my bird house. It was staring at me with such inquisitive eyes, and I was cursing myself for not having my camera ready.

elizabeth weintraub sacramento real estate agent in land park

Oct 18, 2008 03:05 AM
Ann Allen Hoover
RE/MAX Advantage South - Hoover, AL
CDPE SRES ASP e-PRO Realtor - Homes for Sale - AL

Hi Myrl - Thanks for sharing your moth.....it reminds me that somewhere I have some closeups of a luna moth that are really neat.  I wonder where I filed those?

Oct 18, 2008 03:46 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Lizette - Yes the way it's wings were formed and curved around at the front edges, it looked very stealth.  I had never seen wings on a moth formed in that way.

Donna - I thought it very unusual too.  I've not seen many moths like these.

Mike - I hadn't noticed that before, but when you look at it, it almost looks like a face.

Robert - I've always enjoyed your blog.  It's worth visiting for those who haven't already seen it.

Elizabeth - Believe it or not the moth's wings aren't really damaged - they just look that way.  There were a couple smaller moths of this variety that we saw on this trip, and they had the same configuration on the wings.  The wings are actually in a couple layers, that curve at the front edges like an actual airplane wing.  And they notch at certain places.  You can notice the wings are alike on both sides.  This moth was alive, and flew perfectly, when it tired of our company.

Ann - I think I may have a picture of a luna moth, that I took up in El Dorado a few years back.  I'll see if I can dig it up in my old photos.

 

Oct 18, 2008 09:17 AM
Lisa Friedman
Alliance Realtors - Bedminster, NJ
Central New Jersey Real Estate

Wow, that is just such an interesting photo - almost looks like a piece of crumpled tree bark.

Oct 20, 2008 03:53 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Myrl - I took a look at your post again and I really like it and wanted to let you know that it's ................

                                                   This ones for you Myrl, great job!   Featured!

Oct 28, 2008 07:42 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Robert - Well thank you much :-)

Oct 29, 2008 04:00 AM
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