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Polyphemus or Luna? - Antheraea polyphemus
Copyright © 2014 Katie Martens

Polyphemus or Luna? - Antheraea polyphemus
Hickory Run State Park, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 9, 2014

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Contributed by Katie Martens on 15 October, 2014 - 10:09am
Last updated 15 October, 2014 - 12:20pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 October, 2014 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

How do you know?
Can you please tell me the defining characteristic(s) that make this a Polyphemus moth caterpillar & not a Luna?
… Katie Martens, 15 October, 2014 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
From the Luna Moth Page
Luna moths have "Yellow lines cross[ing] the larva's back near the back end of each segment (compare Polyphemus moth caterpillars, which have yellow lines crossing at spiracles)."

The yellow lines on your specimen cross at the spiracles.
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 15 October, 2014 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Polyphemus…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 15 October, 2014 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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