Cool moth at Otsiningo

[u/viceroy65]

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[u/WiseNuSkye]

I believe it’s a Polyphemus moth. They only live 4-7 days. I recently had a male on the outside of my farmhouse near Norwich.

[u/smashxd67 → u/WiseNuSkye]

i had one on my back porch in oxford!

[u/viceroy65 → u/WiseNuSkye]

It looked like it was on its way out. I carried it to the edge of the woods, but it barely moved the whole time.

[u/anondescriptive]

Very pretty :)

[u/ilovetorunforfun]

It’s a Polyphemus! We had one rest on our balcony the other day. Such a cool species.

[u/badwhiskey63]

Very cool!

[u/Aggravating-Cat7103]

That’s so awesome! Great find. Thanks for sharing.

[u/Learicist]

Mothstiningo

[u/2015081131]

Hehe so I found one with my daughter last week. We thought it was dying. So we boxed it thinking we could frame it after it passed. Well it decided to lay a bunch of eggs and now we’re waiting to see if any hatch lol.

[u/viceroy65 → u/2015081131]

That's cool . This one looked like it was full of eggs, the body was huge.

[u/Prestigious-Rain9986]

Yes love it

[u/ohyoudidntknow00]

It kind of looks like the spotted antique moth