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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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Polyphemus moth - Antheraea polyphemus - male
Copyright © 2017 Dave Barker

Polyphemus moth - Antheraea polyphemus - Male
29.797438, -100.997888, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
February 25, 2017
Size: approx 15 cm wingspan
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Contributed by Dave Barker on 1 March, 2017 - 10:49pm
Last updated 2 March, 2017 - 8:43am

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Moved from ID Request.

I corrected the wingspan.
… Ryan St Laurent, 2 March, 2017 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

Size
150 cm is almost 5 feet!! That's scary big :-)
… Larry de March, 1 March, 2017 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Texas
Everything's bigger in Texas?
… Jeff Brown, 2 March, 2017 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

 
bigger
LOL, Yes, that's a redwood tree he's sitting on. I guess I'm used to measuring snakes, not moths. I meant 15 cm. I've seen several Polyphemus in the area, and this was the biggest one.
… Dave Barker, 2 March, 2017 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
redwood?
not redbud?
… Larry de March, 2 March, 2017 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

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