found in my garden
06-05-2011, 09:22 AM
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This is a bit repetitive. Someone has already id'd it, but I thought this info from "What's that bug" was interesting Your Polyphemus Moth, Antheraea polyphemus, belongs to the same Family as the Luna Moth. Both are Saturnids or Giant Silkworm Moths. Caterpillars eat leaves from many deciduous trees and adults do not feed, living only a few days to mate and reproduce.
06-05-2011, 10:54 AM
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That's the name I couldn't remember! THANK YOU! We had one a couple years ago here in Maine. He was on my Hibiscus on the deck inside the screen porch. Don't know how he got in and don't know how he got out when he left several days later. I should say he/she. Don't know which or if both.
Originally Posted by huntannette
That is a moth....isn`t he gorgeous!!!! Thy are mostly nocturnal , that is why you don`t see them much during the day! Polyphemus moth! One of God`s amazing creations!!
