The "catch" of the night

[Mr. TBAGU 420]

Last night me and my girl hung out with our friends and we were all drinking and having a good time, until out of nowhere this Huge ass moth (found out it's a Red Underwing Catocala nupta) starts fluttering frantically around the light. I snapped some pictures for you to see. I live in Colorado springs so to see a moth this big (Wingspan is about 1.5'') is just crazy.

Check the pictures out and let me know what you guys think :stoned:

Here's also a link to a site to see another picture of this moth. It says it's quite common to the southern half of britain, and is gradually increasing its range northwards. UKMoths - Red Underwing Catocala nupta (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=214)

[JohnnyZ]

Man that's like an average size moth up here. I dunno why those fuckers are just huge here. They don't do much either, they just fly around at night into lights.

[Mr. TBAGU 420]

Down here that size is like incredibly HUGE. Usually moths down here are like 4 times smaller than that one. The red on it is pretty neat though