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Plants and Animals of Colima, MéxicoAscalapha odorata [Mike Quinn's Texas Entomology entry]
A male Black Witch Moth rests on a door jam.
An image of the same moth, shot from the side, provides a better idea of the large size of the bodies of these moths, which are sometimes mistaken for bats. The eyes glow a bright red when a light is shone upon them.
The same moth later joined us in the living room. He has since been coaxed into returning to the Great Outdoors.
A female Black Witch Moth rests in a tree. The white band across the wings indicates the sex. Although she eventually relocated, at this point in time she was perched only a few feet from the Big Brown Bat who makes this tree his daytime roost.
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