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Luna Moth Pictures

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

I know, it’s not tech, but they’re really pretty. I was down in Butler, Missouri with my friends Phil Williams and Jesse Porter. We were outside when I spotted this enormous “butterfly” at the bottom of a telephone pole. So I got home, did a little googling and found out that my butterfly was actually a Giant Silkworm Moth.

They’re kind of cool. During their moth stage they actually don’t eat. They just mate for a week or so and die. Here’s more over at Wikipedia.

Anyhow, here’s the pics:

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