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Polyphemus Moth

Antheraea polyphemus

Description:

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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2 Comments

BrianRutter
BrianRutter 10 years ago

I only wish I could have seen those famous eye spots :(

Very nice! :)

BrianRutter
Spotted by
BrianRutter

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Aug 19, 2013

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