Whatzit?

[chuck]

Saguaro cactus buds?

[webenda]

Saguaro cactus buds?

Not close.

Saquaro Cactus Buds


Next clue

[chuck]

short horned lizard?

[webenda]

short horned lizard?

No.

Next clue.

[chuck]

petrified wood?

[webenda]

petrified wood?

No.

Next clue.

[chuck]

Moth? American Idia? or Heteranassa fraterna

[webenda]

Moth is correct (I will have to look up your suggested species.)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Cool !

[webenda]

Heteranassa fraterna is my guess.

Thank you Chuck, I couldn't find a match in my searches.

[webenda]

Heteranassa fraterna is my guess.

Erratum:
Now only one species in genus. Heteranassa fraterna was synonymized with H. mima by Homziak et al. (2015)

Heteranassa mima is now the only valid species in the genus.



https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6209

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...yet another fine example of a model train forum being gracious in its allowing myriad directions and variety of topics and discussions which are quite far-afield of the core focus. I, for one, am grateful for the variety, freedom, and the excellent company here.

[rogruth]

...yet another fine example of a model train forum being gracious in its allowing myriad directions and variety of topics and discussions which are quite far-afield of the core focus. I, for one, am grateful for the variety, freedom, and the excellent company here.

Yes and that is what keeps this forum attractive, entertaining and interesting.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Amen to that, brother Roger.
da Murph

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Here's a Whatzit but just for a different sort of commotion:
Who said this? Where? When?

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it."

Don't look it up somewhere . Use your memory because I bet it's identified and tucked in there somewhere. Familiar, huh.