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redtailhawker — Polyphemus Moth 1
Published: 2008-05-28 14:17:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 226; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 6
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Antheraea polyphemusI believe this is the largest silk moth in the southeast.
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amazing creatures....that they can fly with those HUGE wings...carrying that FAT body.....and yet seem so amazingly graceful! (i think though? the Cecropia gets even bigger.... 
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Wow, that bugger is bigger! I've never seen one of those in these nek-o-da-woods. The map shows a few specks of places they've been found in GA, very rare.
That's what I call fat-n-happy!
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lol. my son and i raised on from a cocoon...full sized it was wider then my head (hair and all!)
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...and such a lovely critter, too.
Thanks.
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