Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth
Post Number: 104 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:30 pm: | |
My back yard is covered in 1,000's of large moths.....in just the past few hours..... anyone know about this? Wasn't there a giant swarm at a ballgame a few years ago? |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 2332 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:39 pm: | |
What color are they? |
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision
Post Number: 954 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:43 pm: | |
Where? I noticed a major uptick in butterflies today. |
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen
Post Number: 2088 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:44 pm: | |
Where do you live? I was working in my studio this afternoon in Downtown Detroit, and was scared out of my wits by a HUGE brownish grey moth |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 2333 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:53 pm: | |
Is this it?
Polyphemus Moth |
Birdwoman Member Username: Birdwoman
Post Number: 41 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 9:54 pm: | |
Post a photo, I'll try to help. Last year it was armyworm moths. Harmless, move up from the south and like to lay eggs in the grass. Hence, there were lots at Comerica Park. ESPN had me on twice to explain it! |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 2334 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 10:08 pm: | |
This is the right time of year for armyworm moths, true, but they aren't really huge, are they? About an inch or two across the wingspan. |
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe
Post Number: 2335 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 10:19 pm: | |
If in the inch or two range, they also could be gypsy moths, about the same size and the males are grayish brown. |
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21
Post Number: 263 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 10:33 pm: | |
There are a TON of moths swarming the lights around my house in Shelby Township |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 1383 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 10:57 pm: | |
Did this critter attack you?
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Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 7105 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 11:06 pm: | |
Funny thing is that this year was a dud as far as fish fly swarming goes. Only saw about a dozen so far here in St. Clair Shores this summer. Maybe the rain and prevailing winds kept them closer to the water. |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 2705 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 11:09 pm: | |
It's summertime. Bugs happen! There will always be upward and downward trends in the numbers according to what's occurring in their environments. |
Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth
Post Number: 105 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 11:13 pm: | |
I live downtown.... I think they are gypsy moths.... I have a cherry tree that has rotting fruit on it... I rake up what falls to the ground...but... I wonder if that has anything to do with them.. They are nesting quietly now in the tree. |
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv
Post Number: 278 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 12:08 am: | |
Good one bulletmagnet, Mothra is my hero. I can hear the twins harmonizing now. |
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 798 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 9:03 am: | |
The Moths are coming! Can the seagulls be far behind? I predict a no-hitter at Comerica this week. It happened with Verlander a year ago. |
Detroiterbychoice Member Username: Detroiterbychoice
Post Number: 47 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:03 am: | |
Must have been a bug invasion this weekend. I woke up to getting bitten by a chinese army size nest of ants. Pics here. http://picasaweb.google.com/pa trick.batemen/Invasion |
Publicmsu Member Username: Publicmsu
Post Number: 722 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 12:53 pm: | |
Wow.. what a horrible way to wake up! At least they didn't carry you off a la 1980s cartoons! |