Appears to be something in the hornworm family...most are fine and won't destroy your plants....you can hang on to them until they eclose to find out what they are... Some are quite pretty (Hummingbird moths)
Here is a link...

Here is a link that might be useful: Moths

I was thinking the same thing. I have them in a large jar to see what they'll become.

They will most likely emerge at night so check every morning...they will need to be released right away. Is it warm enough in your area for them to survive?...if not place them (in the container) back in a cold outdoor area until sometime in May...
I don't know exactly when it is safe for them to emerge...I have three Snowberry Clearwing pupae in my fridge right now and have heard they emerge later than other moths and butterflies.

I have them in an unheated garage. They are keeping good company with my BST pupae which I am eagerly awaiting to eclose. I check them every day. Like waiting for a pot to boil, LOL!

Not the hornworm family. But Noctuidae.

One common hereabouts is a cutworm, but other numerous possiblities exist. Most are dingy gray-brown moths that fly at dusk.

Thanks Jean, Just what I need, to be raising cutworms. LOL.
I'll try to take pictures if and when they elclose.

Here's what hatched out of one. An underwing perhaps?

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Maybe Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)

Aaron, I think you may be right!

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Thanks, all. I've been trying to figure out the ID of that moth for sometime now. Thought perhaps it was an underwing, but it didn't match what I could find.

So, using the correct name and a search with google.com, you can find considerable info,particularly at BugGuide http://bugguide.net/node/view/9821

Be certain to follow the various links.

Interestingly, one site states it crossed the US and arrived in "2003 in the Northwest Territories." Ha! My friends and I have had it at least since 2001, possibly earlier.

Here is a link that might be useful: Noctua pronuba at BugGuide

Ooops. I jumped too fast. "Norhwest Territories" is Canada.

The full statement in the report was "In 2001 it had also been collected in Wyoming, Colorado, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia and in 2003 in the Northwest Territories."

Still, ha! We had it prior to 2001. (Just loked at my samples to verify.)

Thanks to everyone for your help in Id'ing this moth. Aaron, if you hadn't given me a name to research, I would still be looking through the many, many lists of underwings! LOL.

I released him on Friday and today I saw him during the day when I was watering I scared him out of a shrub when I watered it. He was all the way around in the front of the house after being released in the back yard. Or maybe it was another one. They are really cool when they fly because the bright flash of the wing is a real attention getter!