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Antheraea polyphemus
This giant silk moth gets its name from the eye-like spots on its wings. It has two large eye spots, one on each hindwing. Polyphemus was a cyclops from Greek myth. A cyclops, as anyone will tell you, has only one eye. We therefore presume that whoever named this moth was only vaguely familiar with Greek mythology, had difficulty counting or else suffered from crossed eyes.
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I only wish I could have seen those famous eye spots :(
Very nice! :)