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Luna and Polyphemus Moths

Actias luna and Antheraea polyphemus

Photo by Cheryl Lee
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Actias luna, Antheraea polyphemus

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Jellis
Congratulations. Nice spotting both at the same time.
Cheryl Lee
Thank you! A friend of mine knows I love to photograph wildlife, so she asked me if I would like to take pics of the moths that gather beneath the soffit of her porch. Of course I jumped at the chance, and was amazed and delighted to see such a gathering of gorgeous Lunas and Polyphemus Moths (4 Lunas, 2 Polyphemus). I live just down the road, and ever since I've been leaving my porch light on hoping some will come visiting here. This was one of my favorite spottings ~ such a beautiful sight.
AliceGreenup
Wow beautiful! Congratulations on SOTD Cheryl, well deserved!
KarenL
Congratulations Cheryl - what a great capture to get everyone in the mood for National Moth Week! These gorgeous silk moths have earned you spotting of the day! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152880761605603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/342106651555418112
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
That is so amazing!! They are lovely. There must be a reason why so many in one spot, could you elaborate a bit on your spotting? Thank you for sharing, Cheryl Lee.
Carol Snow Milne
Oh wow! This is fantastic! Some of my favorite moths! TOTALLY AWESOME! LOVE LOVE!!!!! I get excited over moths!
Jacob Gorneau
What an awesome series and an extraordinary experience!
Dan Doucette
6! How lucky you are! I haven't even seen one Luna moth yet.
Cheryl Lee
Thank you all! Dan, there were actually in total 6 moths ~ 4 Lunas and 2 Polyphemus, I was amazed and totally delighted to see them all hanging out.
Dan Doucette
Come on! All three of these moths were just hanging out! Wow! I would have loved to see that.

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PublishedJune 1, 2013

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