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Title: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: nm123 on 28/07/2009 22:18:06
Hi.

I am having trouble identifying this creature. What is this bug??? I'm not even sure if
it is a bug. I live in a neighborhood development built 4-5 years ago in the
woods near the southeastern coast of NC.  It is July 27 and summer. I walked outside my front door and see a giant "bug" perched up against the side of my house. It did not move. It just remained frozen, holding horizontally with suction-cup-looking limbs. From the corner of my eye, it looked like a bat. At second glance, a baby bird. But as I looked closely, it think it looks more like a bug. I really don't know what it is. I will feel foolish if it is something simple and obvious, but from what I see, it is hard to tell! It never ended up moving all day.  [???]

If anybody could get back to me about what this is or how to identify what it is, I would appreciate it. Anybody know another website I could use?  Thanks!!


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Title: Re: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: RD on 29/07/2009 00:06:56
Snap ? ...


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http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/08/spotted-apatelodes-6/
Title: Re: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: AllenG on 29/07/2009 01:49:26
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.me.com%2Fawcg%2FiWeb%2FSpringwood%2FPhotos_files%2FSPOTTED%2520APATELODES.jpg&hash=f9201c7ee1f71df0a8030620e257d5be)
From the front.
Title: Re: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: Karen W. on 29/07/2009 07:59:06
Wow that first photo looked like a "A MINIATURE DRAGON"..lol

COOL PICTURES YOU ALL. FACINATING RD!

I WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED THAT!
Title: Re: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: RD on 29/07/2009 08:58:53
Wow that first photo looked like a "A MINIATURE DRAGON"..lol


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Dragon Moth is actually Spotted Apatelodes
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/06/27/dragon-moth-is-actually-spotted-apatelodes/
Title: Re: What is this weird looking creature? It has wings and stayed immobile for hours.
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on 03/04/2019 04:46:35
Wow that first photo looked like a "A MINIATURE DRAGON"..lol
Right. I remember when I was at 6th grade and my classmates told me that they saw an "earth dragon" which then they added that it's actually a caterpillar but looked so much like a dragon. Probably this was what they saw. Some caterpillars do become moths, after all.