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    Visitors to the main entrance to our home are greeted by a Garden Pan, who unabashedly plays his instrument in the altogether. Recently, a luna moth (Actias luna) landed on our Garden Pan in a way that briefly conferred a bit of modesty, as shown in the attached image. Unfortunately, this visitor soon departed, leaving our Garden Pan as before.

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    Last edited by Norm Dulak; 06-24-2013 at 02:56 PM.

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    What an amusing image, I bet no one else has one like it!! Now I have to ask, is that a big moth or a little Garden Pan A really different image thanks for posting, I have never seen a moth like this before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    What an amusing image, I bet no one else has one like it!! Now I have to ask, is that a big moth or a little Garden Pan A really different image thanks for posting, I have never seen a moth like this before.
    Hi Jon.

    I'm glad you like it and hope it will elicit a few chuckles.

    To give you an idea of the moth's size, my Garden Pan is 29 inches tall. And according to Wikipedia, the luna moth has a wingspan up to 4.5 inches, making it one of the largest moths in North America. The trailing edge of this moth was a little ragged but it still flew OK.

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    Hi Norm. Looks like the moth found a very convenient place to perch!

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    That's very funny, Norm! That's a very peculiar example of mimicry . It must have been impressive to see this moth close up!

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    Thanks everyone for your comments!

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    Wonderful serendipity. Nice to have a chuckle.

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