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Antheraea polyphemus
I have my shoe in the picture as a size relation to the moth. It was injured and unable to fly upon discovery
Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on May 10, 2013
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Hello Jean9 and welcome to Project Noah.
Since you posted this twice I deleted the other one for you.
Perhaps you can take some time to read our FAQs http://www.projectnoah.org/faq so that you will understand how we operate the site. If you were trying to change the name, you can do it by going into "Edit this spotting" which appears above your name to the top right of your picture.
The correct scientific name is in 2 parts, Genus + species, so should be "Antheraea polyphemus", the Common name would be Giant Silk Moth.
When these first emerge they will sit and dry their wings before flying.