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Originally posted by Stormymystic:
it was probably a lunar moth, they are endangered, so what ever you do, do not get caught killing them...take em out in the woods first 
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LOL...bad, bad, bad!
Oh, and when I lived in Corpus Christi, we would get roaches that big (first time I saw one of those, I thought it was a bird, too). I've just never seen a moth that big before. I would have hated running into that wood roach; it was bad enough helping clean an old warehouse and having them crawl on you. One that was big enough to bite (considering what they eat)? No thank you!
Vaskez, I knew right away it wasn't a bat. Bats down here fly much faster than this did (plus, I know what bats look like; the roost right north of us and fly in every night). This thing did that slow, lazy flying typical of a moth near a window, then it landed on the window, where I could see it was a moth.
Stratos, that is one nasty looking beetle! We get some big ones of them down here, too, but nothing worse than large black beetles about 2 - 3 inches long. I've had them crawl on me before, too, and they are harmless (scary looking, but harmless). I wouldn't get anywhere near that thing...
Moths and beetles don't scare me. Scorpions and brown recluse spiders bother me, as do the TONS of wasps/hornets/yellowjackets that get in my house all of the time. If it doesn't attack, it really doesn't bother me. Exception: flies. I HATE flies. I hate eating outside, and having to hold my fork/spoon with one hand and shoo away flies with the other. Ruins the whole meal.