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Antheraea polyphemus
Family: Saturniidae, Subfamily: Saturniinae (Giant Silkworm Moth) Wingspan (150 mm - 6 inches). Female. Pinkish cinnamon wings are marked with transparent eyespots surrounded by iridescent yellow and blue rings. Does not have mouthparts. Hosts: Trees and shrubs including ash, birch, grape, hickory, maple, etc. Live less than one week.
Woodlands (will come to light)
2nd spotting. Has been at the porch area for 44 hours. Video coming later. Daytime photos. Other spot night time photos. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/274...
Spotted on Jun 14, 2013
Submitted on Jun 15, 2013
11 Comments
Thanks so much Yuko for taking the time to watch the video.
Polly is such a beautiful gal! Carol, you are probably the first person ever to take a moth for a walk! And that was the cutest video I've ever seen in a long time.
:-)
Lovely!! Good luck to this beautiful Moth, The video was great, Carol Snow Milne.
Thank you so much! She hung around for almost 4 days.
I love Polly !!! :D It's so tame and beautiful... :) Very cool, Carol.. Love this so much. Thank you for sharing :)
I love moth's pose at the first photograph.
So cute ^^
Another beauty Carol!
First pic is insanely adorable Carol...U know a great coincidence?
Few days back i saw this moth on discovery channel! ( In David attenborough's documentory)....
This cute moth was at my front porch area for 4 days. I went outside at dusk yesterday, she was flapping (vibrating) her wings. She took off and flew up over the house. I hope her moth children come to my light next year.
Beautiful series of Poly. Thanks for posting the video as well.
Another wonderful moth series, Carol. It will be interesting to see how her story continues.