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Polyphemus caterpillar

Antheraea polyphemus

Photo by KatherineD
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Description:

My friend and I found this caterpillar baking in the sun on some gravel, so we brought him back over to a nearby bush. He was a couple inches long, very big.

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Comments (3)
KatherineD
Thanks! And yeah, that was our guess.
Steffi
Thank you for saving him! As big as he is, perhaps he got a bit lost as he was finding a place to pupate...
Cedar7
Looks like a polyphemus caterpillar
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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