the JoshMeister asks Jun 28, 2008 04:08AM Can anyone identify this insect? (Details at the Flickr page)
lizard.beer Jun 28, 2008 04:53AM it's awesome. bugs are awesome. we don't just randomly kill them. only if they pose a serious threat.
lizard.beer Jun 28, 2008 04:53AM i used to hate bugs. then i started taking pictures of them, and now i adore moths & spiders & beetles & stuff.
the JoshMeister says Jun 28, 2008 05:57AM wild4harryp01231: Nah, it wasn't huge. I just took a really close-up shot at the highest res. It had a wingspan of maybe about 2 cm or so
the JoshMeister says Jun 28, 2008 05:57AM dotlizard and Unsound: Don't worry, I didn't kill it. I carefully caught it and put it outside.
the JoshMeister says Jun 28, 2008 05:59AM someone suggested it might be a cranefly, but I can't find any pics of craneflies that look at all like that
the JoshMeister says Jun 28, 2008 06:36AM www.plurk.com/p/thtd - Awesome, you found it! So it's a plume moth. Cool. Thanks, ocbrad!
finucane says Jun 28, 2008 10:02AM My rule of thumb about killing insects is that anything that might eat a mosquito gets to live. So essentially, they all get to live.
lizard.beer Jun 28, 2008 10:11AM theJoshMeister thank you for sparing the insect. it seems cool w/e it is. bugs rock.
