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Antheraea polyphemus
N American member of the Saturniid family of giant silk moth family. Males have mor e plumose anennae. There are 4 clear patches - one on each wing
This one hung around for about 3 days
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companion spot to http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/175...
heh - the polyphemus. Had been on the road for several hours and was posting to relax... for some reason I was sure my last spotting was in my yard!
No reason for bad feelings, ehm, you mean the toad or the Polyphemus ;-)
Thanks! I appreciate it - and being called out on my mistake. I hate that I didn't catch that
I have seen it but until no IDea or reference, though... I will keep an eye on it!
No there isn't. I'd just posted a most amazing day flier, though... have you any idea, bayucca what it might be? There are actually two I posted, similar, but I finally got around to posting the second one a couple days ago
Now, I am happy! There is indeed no Polyphemus in Africa ;-)
Thank you for catching my error - I had been posting Zim species. I'll fix now
Interesting that you fount this in Zimbabwe. I thought they were strictly North American.