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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 - Antheraea polyphemus
Copyright © 2017 David Dowd

Moth - Antheraea polyphemus
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
June 23, 2017
Photographed by my son David. Used with his permission.
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 31 August, 2017 - 8:19pm
Last updated 31 August, 2017 - 10:12pm

A Neighbor is below the left
A Neighbor is below the left wing.
The Neighbor Moth - Hodges#8110 (Haploa contigua)
… Clay Nichols, 31 August, 2017 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Aaron Hunt, 31 August, 2017 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

If these were photographed by David
you should probably click on Edit, scroll down, and change the copyright name.
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2017 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
You are right..
You are right..
… Clay Nichols, 31 August, 2017 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Polyphemus Moth…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 31 August, 2017 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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