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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14266 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Weird bug Oct 4^th, 2010 at 11:19pm I was fishing with Mark back in the Pines a few weeks ago and we came across this moth with two sets of false eyes in the back. The fake eyes are to confuse predators. This isn't the first bug I've seen with false eyes, but it's the first time I had a camera handy, be it a cell phone camera. With that in mind I'm pleased with the picture quality.
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #1 - Oct 4^th, 2010 at 11:34pm cant really tell by the pic..but was it resting with its wings up together? or were they flat
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Reply #2 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 9:28am

Kind of like Buckeye butterfly ... but the colors are not right for a Buckeye .. perhaps the color shift is from the camera
On a Buckeye the stripes are more orange ... I see the stripes in this picture as a red. Could be because we are looking at the bottom of a wing and not the top bright side.

Can't tell from the photo but if the antennae are very fuzzy it could be an Emperor moth. Nope not Emperor .... The Emperor
has only one eye spot on the rear lower wing

I'm definitely leaning toward Buckeye butterfly.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14266 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #3 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 11:36am Both wings were up. It was difficult to get a different angle because I didn't want him flying away. Hopefully this slightly different view will help. Again, this is just a cell phone camera, so the quality is what it is. I've seen bugs with ridiculously distinct false eyes and faces that looked like they were drawn on by a cartoonist.
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #4 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 11:40am Still thinking Buckeye buttery fly because there are two eye spots on the lower rear most wing #6
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aztec Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 858 Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #5 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 3:11pm its a butterfly if the wings were up
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Timothy Potter Senior Member Offline Posts: 340 Idaho Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #6 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 5:33pm My guess is that it's an American Lady butterfly. http://bugguide.net/node/view/236368 -Timothy Potter
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3248 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #7 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 5:50pm Were the antennae fuzzy, or smooth? If they were fuzzy, then it was a moth, probably a Hawkmoth. If they are smooth, then a Buckeye.
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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #8 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 6:44pm I gotta goe with American Lay Butterfly.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14266 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Weird bug Reply #9 - Oct 5^th, 2010 at 9:25pm Timothy Potter wrote on Oct 5^th, 2010 at 5:33pm: My guess is that it's an American Lady butterfly. http://bugguide.net/node/view/236368 -Timothy Potter Yes, I have to agree with Timothy also. I didn't get a top view with the wings opened like in the picture, but the side views are a spitting image.
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