I snapped this picture a few nights ago, it was hard to get the right angle to focus on it. What is it doing? At first I thought it was just getting rid of waste but then I thought maybe it was laying eggs on my window... but I have looked up pictures of moth eggs and they don't really look like these. Any thoughts?
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What is this moth doing?
am_photog
Jul 17, 2008 09:32 AM
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am_photog
Jul 17, 2008 09:33 AM
I don't know why the pic didn't show up.. here is the direct link
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/joslinwinters/IMG_4150.jpg
lele
Aug 11, 2008 04:24 PM
ha! pretty cool shot! yup, it is laying eggs. Moths lay eggs in different places and in different ways. Do a search for how gypsy moth females lay their eggs, they are just masses of them.
yours (not a gypsy moth) is laying in clusters. Many will adhere them to the underside of a leaf, on bark, etc. Yours may have gotten trapped or been attracted to a light and it was simply time to lay.
Btw, if you click on tools and toys in the cornet of message window it will tell you how to post a pic.
lele
