Hairy-legged moth :P

[petmantis]

Found this outside, lol...

The wings are pretty cool as far as colors go ( you can't see the underwings in these shots, but they're orange), but the forelegs are covered in fuzz.

Any entomologist out there wish to ID it?

 

[Sig]

Looks like it's covered it mold.. o_o

 

[Devon]

lol he looks buff! I like it! it's like he has big muscely legs but they're on his face!

cool find! but of course, I don't have a clue what it might be...

 

[kulamauiman]

leaning towards something in the family lymantridae. Hard to say. Family does not exist in Hawaii. So no specimens for me to compare with.

Also could be this noctuid moth:
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&h...sch:1&sa=3&q=Eudryas+grata&btnG=Search+images


leaning more towards the second based on antennal morphology

 

[petmantis]

Mach: Wow, pretty good ID'ing there It indeed looks like Eudryas grata. Thanks for the help!

Devon: LOL. However, (s)he's got quite the pudgy belly on the underside Appearances can be deceiving.

SIG: ... No comment.

 

[joossa]

Nice colors on that one!!

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

That is a beautiful moth.


I'd love to see one in person!

 

[larry]

Awesome bug, send it to me so I can take some pics!

 

[petmantis]

It flew away after taking photos. I don't mean that if flew out the window, but that it's somewhere inside my room, or at large in my house, wreaking havoc and whatever else moths do

 

[Presto]

Nice disguise! There are a few moth species that have this kind of coloration. e.g.: http://bugguide.net/node/view/325 They are pretending to be an unappetizing blob of bird poo.

 

[jimscott]

That is like way cool!