Anyone know if this is a butterfly or moth?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5068846347_efa7baae82_o.jpg

It's a moth albeit a very pretty one. I get them on my front porch all the time. I posted about them before but the name escapes me right now. Let me go on a forum hunt else it will drive me crazy. :lol:

It's a moth albeit a very pretty one. I get them on my front porch all the time. I posted about them before but the name escapes me right now. Let me go on a forum hunt else it will drive me crazy. :lol:

Not quite exactly the same as I was thinking of:

http://forums.somd.com/photography/139176-yay-bugs-out-post-your-macro-s.html#post2988207

But it's definitely a moth. BTW - that's a beautiful photograph. :yay:

Okay, it's NOT a moth. According to this:

Buckeye Butterfly, a photo from New York, Northeast | TrekEarth (http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/photo210351.htm)

it is a Buckeye Butterfly. :lol:

More:

Junonia coenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia_coenia)

Thanks, finally an answer. I see them everywhere. They are skittish too.

You go by the antenna's, if they are feathery it's a moth, if just a stalk it's a butterfly