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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 19, 2022 22:55:55 GMT
Polyphemus Moth, Antheraea polyphemus
The Polyphemus Moth is so named because of the giant eyespots ringed with yellow, blue, and black on the hindwings. In Greek mythology Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclopes and son of Poseidon and ThoosaIn our yard today ... never seen one before. They are large. The wingspan on this moth was 13 cm or 5½ inches.
This is a female with an enlarged abdomen full of eggs.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 20, 2022 0:59:18 GMT
... never seen one before. They are large.
When I was a kid, it was common to see these huge green moths with similar "eyes".
I remember that they were somewhat lethargic, in that they would just sit there wherever for hours, most often on a brick wall near a door.
I was thinking of them the other day and that I hadn't seen one in years; I looked for them in some of the moth and butterfly sites and didn't see anything that resembled what I remember.
Thanks for posting yours; I will have to keep my eye out for one in our neck of the woods. |
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Post by jackscrap on Jul 20, 2022 3:52:32 GMT
She's a beauty, so soon there'll be lots of tiny caterpillars around eating up all your favourite plants....
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 20, 2022 5:00:54 GMT
soon there'll be lots of tiny caterpillars around eating up all your favourite plants.... Ahhh. Good one Jacki.  I had occurred to me to look up what the caterpillars might chew to bits! But I did not. Gulp!  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 20, 2022 5:01:45 GMT
I will have to keep my eye out for one in our neck of the woods. Good. Let us know. You take good macros. Mind you this critter was large. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 20, 2022 5:57:30 GMT
soon there'll be lots of tiny caterpillars
I keep meaning to look up what makes a Butterfly a Butterfly and what makes a Moth a Moth; I know there are a lot of weird bugs that they claim are a Moth. |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 20, 2022 14:49:27 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 20, 2022 20:30:34 GMT
I have spent the majority of my life outdoors, in all sorts of terrain; deep woods to bare fields.
I am a highly observant person and don't miss much.
However, I hardly ever see any sort of caterpillar, except for millions of wooly-worms; and, I never see any sort of cocoon except for the big ones that all look alike and are brown and covered with Cedar needles.
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I had occurred to me to look up what the caterpillars might chew to bits! But I did not. Gulp! 