Holy Cow!!! It's a MOTH????????? Yup, you nailed it, William. Nice work! I had no idea....but then there are only about 100 million things that I still don't know about Nature. It's always a thrill to learn something new. I'll keep taking photos and you smart folks can provide the names.
Oh jeez, if this is a moth, it's on the wrong forum. Sorry Melanie! I didn't know it was a moth.

I'm going to post a sneak-peek here of a new butterfly species I spotted today. Tomorrow I'll go into more detail on the Butterfly, Moth, Larva forum. However, I have a LONG hike planned in the morning, so it will be late.
Anyway, I *think* (and I could be wrong; it's been known to happen) that this is a Mallow Scrub-hairstreak. Another 'first' for me.

mellielong said:Congrats to @GrammaChar for her noteworthy acorn tipped post this week: http://garden.org/thread/view_...

So, I think this means that you have to enter these pics into the photo contest, under Misc. probably, even though they're birds! Hope you will.

Clever moth, to pretend to be a wasp.
Hey did y'all notice the name- Horama panthalon,? I am guessing panthalon is for it's showy "pantaloons".

Very clever of you to catch that, Mary.

That's so cool Char! I suspected it was a moth because of the feathery antenna. Although, those legs were really throwing me! Also, the wings looked very similar to some other wasp-mimic moths we have in these parts. Ours don't look quite that fashionable, though. (Mika, I liked your "Vogue" comment.)

Char, did you see where I just saw my first Scrub Mallow Hairstreak when I was down in Naples? It was on the beach at Keewaydin Island when I was doing my boat cruise. I had BAMONA confirm it for me because I knew it didn't look quite like any other Hairstreak I'd seen. It was in this post: http://garden.org/thread/view_...

Char, that is one of the craziest looking insects I've seen, ever!! It looks really mixed up, part moth, part wasp, part leaf footed bug! I wonder what those fuzzy feather legs are for? I'll have to read up. Nature is amazing.

Flies, bugs, and bee-likes -



Grasshopper -

Box Elder Bug -





Cucumber Bug -


Stilt bug propagating the species...


B-likes >


B-like with flies >

Just a little fly....with big eyes!

Bela Lugosi looks on while a bee and a spider go hither and thither in the morning light.

Relatively speaking, a large garden guest...





Strictly speaking, a large 'near' garden guest as the squirrel stayed on top of the fence till running over the top of the neighbor's garage.

I really like squirrels - it's the joyous way they have of leaping rather than walking. And yours has such a lovely colour, jm. Ours are cute, but much more grey.

Another one today -

Tiny flyer on Rudbeckia (yesterday) >

They are soooo cute!

It looks like a tiny Plume Moth. Cute.

I agree, I raised some Plume Moths last year. Very cool.

This is a young Lace Monitor about 3 feet long. I could tell he was about because he was being followed very attentively by Pied Butcherbirds, Noisy Friarbirds and Blue-faced Honeyeaters every time he moved. This goanna is a nest predator. When the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos are nesting we bandage the trees with 6 feet of smooth galvanized iron so they cannot get any purchase on the trunks.

I think I would be a bit intimidated seeing one of those in my yard Glen.

Wow! Amazing camouflage, well captured pics, Glen. I love your exotic wildlife.

Congrats to @GrammaChar for being one of the Noteworthy Acorn Tips in this week's newsletter. In case you missed it, the post was of her mystery bug which turned out to be a very cool moth: http://garden.org/thread/view_...