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Sweetbay Silk Moth - Hodges#7766 (Callosamia securifera)
Photo#103417
Copyright © 2007
marygene
Sweetbay Silk Moth -
Callosamia securifera
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Recreational Center, Screven County, Georgia, USA
April 13, 2007
This moth was on the walking path (concrete) and was very lethargic. It moved very little while we observed it and only opened it's wings when touched with a small twig.
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Contributed by
marygene
on 15 April, 2007 - 5:42pm
Last updated 7 June, 2007 - 2:01pm
This appears to be a male sat
This appears to be a male saturniid, but it lacks the wing marking that would identify the ones I am familiar with.
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Bobby Grizzard
, 15 April, 2007 - 5:57pm
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Tulip-Tree Silk Moth, maybe
It looks very much like the photos of a Tulip-Tree Silk Moth (Callosamia angulifera, which is a saturniid) on Larry Line's web site. Here is the
link.
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June Tveekrem
, 15 April, 2007 - 6:53pm
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That's my thought too, though
That's my thought too, though something about it looks mighty close to a male securifera
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Dennis Profant
, 15 April, 2007 - 7:01pm
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Correct
You're right on the money Dennis. This is indeed a male
Callosamia securifera
. These don't commonly occur where I am in Georgia (N & W of Atl), but they are much more common in GA south of the piedmont throughout the coastal plain. Once in a while I'll see one while traveling, for instance near Savanah, and even at a rest area on I75 just near the GA/FL border.
This is an
excellent
addition to the guide.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 15 April, 2007 - 8:38pm
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Thanks so much
Thanks so much to you for identifying our moth. He was such a beauty and we had never seen one like it.
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marygene
, 16 April, 2007 - 8:22am
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