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Female Promethea Moth? - Callosamia promethea
Copyright © 2014 Yurika Alexander

Female Promethea Moth? - Callosamia promethea
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
August 5, 2014
Not great image... Found on white oak trunk.

[Edit] August for New Jersey.
Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 5 August, 2014 - 6:45pm
Last updated 11 September, 2014 - 11:09pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths.
… Ryan St Laurent, 11 September, 2014 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 11 September, 2014 - 10:08pm

Genus Page
If you move this to the Callosamia genus page, you're more likely to get an ID. Definitely in this genus though.
… Anonymous34, 11 August, 2014 - 10:32am

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