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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Saturniini » Antheraea » Polyphemus Moth - Hodges#7757 (Antheraea polyphemus)
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Moth. I think - Antheraea polyphemus
Copyright © 2016 jspugnacious

Moth. I think - Antheraea polyphemus
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
April 15, 2015
Size: 3 to 4 inch length
It was on the side of a bug zapper.

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Contributed by jspugnacious on 8 May, 2016 - 11:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 8 May, 2016 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

probably Antheraea polyphemus
given the posture
… metrioptera, 8 May, 2016 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
I had a hunch, too
Other pics confirm
… Aaron Hunt, 8 May, 2016 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I appreciate the id of the moth.
… jspugnacious, 8 May, 2016 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Yes; moth
Male Saturniid but a view of the wing patterning would be needed for a better ID.
… Aaron Hunt, 8 May, 2016 - 11:04pm login or register to post comments

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