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Chris W.
Senior Member
Registered: August 2001
Location: central texas
Posts: 145
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Shot this little critter outside my bathroom window with the digital camera. I'm just not sure whether it's a butterfly or moth or just what.
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| · Date: Sun July 27, 2003 · Views: 3636 · Filesize: 124.8kb, 95.7kb · Dimensions: 1024 x 819 ·
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T Paul
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Registered: August 2001
Location: USA
Posts: 2,858
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Very nice image. You have capture some nice detail. I am pretty sure that it is a moth and I believe that it is the Polyphemus Moth - (Antheraea Polyphemus).
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Ullensvang
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Registered: July 2003
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Wed July 30, 2003 11:11pm
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Good image, rare opportunity to photograph - yes it is a Polyphemus Moth - sometimes referred to as a silkmoth. I found a pair in a birch tree in my yard last week and photographed them for almost an hour.
There is a very informative web site featuring these beautiful creatures, maintained by Bill Ochlke at ochlkew@islandtelecom.com. He provides lots of detail about their life cycle.
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Chris W.
Senior Member
Registered: August 2001
Location: central texas
Posts: 145
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Hey thanks so much you two....I hate to have a photo of something and not know what it is...thanks for the website too ullen, but I clicked on it and it takes me to an email window.
They are so unique and this one just sat there while I took it's picture...I kept thinking it would fly off any minute but it didn't.
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Kraellin
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Registered: April 2005
Location: somewhere over there
Posts: 8,750
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nice shot. make sure, anyone viewing, to open the image up completely for all the detail.
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Craig
(primarily using paint shop pro photo xi)
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