Re: Southeastern PA update

>In a message dated 8/2/99 2:43:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sclrke@aol.com
>writes:
>
><<  Now, a question for you naturalists.  I was up on
> my ladder pollinating gourds last night (they bloom at night), when I felt
> this buzzing over my shoulder.  I turned to see the biggest moth I have ever
> seen in my life working the gourd flowers. When I tell you that it was the
> size of a small bird, I am not exaggerating.  I almost fell off of the
> ladder. Later on, I saw two of them working the plants.  Now I now that
> gourds are usually pollinated by moths, but I've never seen anything like
> this.  Can anyone out there tell me what it was that I had a close encounter
> with? >>
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Marv,

We call those tiger moths, not sure if that an official name ..........cool
picture apparently.... i have been told that those two spots are to
reasemble eyes and scare there preditors................


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