Silk Moth

Jun. 8th, 2009 02:30 pm
tiggymalvern: (summer lovin')
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The other evening, we had a larger than usual visitor to our windows after dark.


The SO conveniently provided a hand inside the window for scale. It would look more impressive if his hands were smaller!


It's a polyphemus moth, a member of the giant silk moth family. They're supposed to be common, but this is the first one I've seen in 5 years here. I suppose on the same grounds that some species of owls are common, but you don't set eyes on too many of those either, unless you make a habit of prowling the woods after dark.

Sadly, it never did unfold its wings completely, so we didn't get to see the huge eye spots on the lower wings. Anyway, I thought it was fabulous, and I thought I'd share :-)

Date: 2009-06-09 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggymalvern.livejournal.com
It was fairly cooperative - it stuck around about five minutes, even if it never did open it wings properly.

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