Giant moth!

just wonderd if anyone had seen a moth the size of a bat before?

i was washing up last night when i looked out this window in front of me and saw a big black and gray thing (moth)
i thought it was a bat at first because they are quite common near my house because of where i live, but when i looked closer it was a giant sized moth, scared me like hell
anyone seen a big moth like the size od a bat before?
it was freaky as hell

I have heard of this before, But im not sure on up to what size these can be or have been recoreded,

Here is a link with a pic, is it like that?



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Related link: Giant Moths

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aye it was like that, but abit bigger if you get me
you know in england, yorkshire, the bats there, like the size of a mouse but flying haha
but that is the kind of moth i was on about
cheers man, i thought i might have been seeing things but thats made me feel alot better haha

lol well look out for more, and if you can have a cam near hand you never know what you might snap,

have there been any around before?

I saw one like in the link Asala provided, but possibly slightly bigger. It had attached itself to a Lamp Post. I thought it was a Bird at first, it was massive. I ran away!

i will indeed, i was going to run outside and kill it but, i kinda got scared and ran upstairs insted lol
it was massive
but everynight im washing up from now ill have my camera at the ready
i;v seen one before but it wasnt as big, it flew into my whilst i was having a cig whilst hanging outside my bedroom window, i nearly fell out i was that shocked
might leave my window open and my light on and see if it flys on in
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also, i just got told your a girl so, sorry for the cheers man bit
i think a cheers love is better

A few years ago I saw something that looked like a bat, but more flesh coloured hanging from my bedroom light fixture. Could have been a bat sized moth I suppose.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh scary!

Me and my sister saw a huge one once, when we were little and she freaked out and has been terrifed of them ever since... It was like.... huge lol

[edit on 11/6/06 by crookedblue]

Are you familiar... with the mothman.

Originally posted by XxXzombieXcoreXxX
i will indeed, i was going to run outside and kill it

You were going to kill a living creature? For what purpose? It wasn't hurting you...

it would be for purpose of showing people the shere size of the thing
to add to that, calm down dear its only a moth, even though a mighty moth at that
to conclued, i didnt actually kill it so does it matter?

You can take a picture of it without killing it though.

Power to the creatures! *raises fist in air*

Calm down dear, it's only a moth...

*kills you* Calm down, its only a human...

Get the point?

[edit on 11-6-2006 by xeroxed88]

ahaha
well if i see this again, i shall capture it and take pictures then release the moth back
that better?
but enough about that
i just wanted to know if anyone else had seen one

i have heard of the mothman, but im not very familiar with it
also the thing i saw was nothing like what the "mothman" has been described as
it wasnt the size of a human, more of a bat as i have said

Originally posted by asala
I have heard of this before, But im not sure on up to what size these can be or have been recoreded,

Here is a link with a pic, is it like that?



link




Related link: Giant Moths

this is so weird of a thread, I spotted the exact copy of that moth in the pic around my place for 2 days, it just was motionless on a fence post, till it flew off on its own, huge one! Wow!

I have never seen a moth as big as the one described above, it would have been cool if you got a picture of it.

its a wood moth, we get them all the time here in australia
heres an address
www.amonline.net.au...
if you wanna know more just google wood moth, and don't worry they can't hurt you haha

The Moths in Southern Nevada are pretty big

i would say they are about 5 inches on average from top to bottom

they are freaky looking

I once saw a bat the size of a moth.

Do I win a prize?

I took this pic in West Virginia. Great eyespots on this guy. You can see that his
wingspan is about the width of a brick, about 8 inches in this case. I stood there for ten minutes until his front wings uncovered at least some of the eyespot.