Large black moth

[stressconsul 10]

There is a huge winged creature on my bathroom ceiling. I have crept away.

[whoopie 10]

i am terrified of these, i normally leave the room and get my hubby to get it out, i start to shake and have a great big fear of them

[whoopie 10]

I think that mine is a Peppered Moth, but I'll have to go and get a ladder to get a better look at it (since it's a long way up).

 

my god your brave

[rainbow2411 11]

A large black moth flew into the house yesterday evening. I thought it was a bat, at first, but it was a moth...about 3 inches across. I caught it and set it free.

I have tried to identify it today and the nearest I can find is the Black Witch Moth. However, this is a native of North America!

Any ideas? Could it have escaped from a moth/butterfly farm locally?

 

You caught it , I cannot tell you how impressed I am, I run out of the room screaming and look through the glass until my oh gets rid of it but he must never never kill it. I can cope with spiders but moths just freak me out

[soft ayperth 11]

I remember collecting one of those poplar moths when I was a kid. They are really impressive looking critters. Put it in a jam jar and next Spring one of those huge moths developed.

[Rupert_Baehr 10]

That's not a moth.

 

It's a myth. (A female moth.)

 

The females are bigger (and infinitely more dangerous) than the males.

 

Get out of there before it sucks out all your blood, converts that into black pudding and sells your husk to a local pub as pork scratchings.

[netnikki 10]

i am terrified of these, i normally leave the room and get my hubby to get it out, i start to shake and have a great big fear of them

 

ooo er missus sounds a bite rude...:hihi:

[levisage 10]

Thanks, Levisage, but I'm afraid it looked nothing like that and exactly like the Black Witch Moth filmed in Florida on Youtube. The wings were full and roundly shaped, not split like the Google images you have shown. Also the body was slim. We'll have to think again...

 

Ah ok will have to have another think. For your sake I'm pleased I got it wrong. The Black Witch Moths look pretty nice! The Poplar Hawk moth that was in my house was HORRENDOUS!

[Floe 10]

That's not a moth.

 

It's a myth. (A female moth.)

 

The females are bigger (and infinitely more dangerous) than the males.

 

Get out of there before it sucks out all your blood, converts that into black pudding and sells your husk to a local pub as pork scratchings.

 

I didn't expect such a wealth of comment. This is classic! Thank you, even if my question has yet to be answered!

[Floe 10]

Did it look like this or this?

 

Thanks, Hecate. It was nothing like the Old Lady but nearer to the Peppered Moth. However, I would have to say that it was larger than specified here, probably 3 to4 inches...60 to 70 mm. If I had realised at the time how difficult it would be to identify it I would have taken a picture!

The mystery lives on.

[medusa 16]

my god your brave

 

Not at all- I'm just not afraid of moths, spiders, snakes or other creepie crawlies, although I really don't like cockroaches and would make a special case for not wanting to touch anything seriously venomous and dung beetles!

[intruder 600 10]

noooo what ur all looking at is, a reflection form gotham city,the bat signal,reflected off the moon,