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Antheraea yamamai
After a little research it turned out, that our village had a silk production long time ago. This one seems to be a survivor, so there still must be a rather small popluation of them. All in all they are very rare and not often seen. This one is from our garden and it´s the only one, I´ve ever seen.
Our garden in Austria
Saturniidae. This species was introduced in Europe in the last century for silk production. Yours is a yellow form female. After the cessation of the silk production some colonies could survive and would now spread out in optimal climate.
Spotted on Aug 7, 2006
Submitted on Feb 19, 2012
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