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nomad100 Senior Member However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.-W Churchill Posts: 8,073 Likes: 6,138	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 17:42:00 GMT -5 agnes, AHappierHour, and 10 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nomad100 on May 24, 2015 17:42:00 GMT -5 It is a polyphemus moth and was wider than my hand. They apparently love oak trees, which we have in abundance, but I have never seen one before.
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litebright Elder Marco! Posts: 11,759 Likes: 18,265	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by litebright on May 24, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5 Pretty!
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venice2007 Elder Posts: 12,157 Likes: 12,909	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 17:45:00 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by venice2007 on May 24, 2015 17:45:00 GMT -5 Cool!
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specialk Full Member Posts: 2,605 Likes: 4,103	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 17:46:57 GMT -5 usuallylurking, kevin arnold, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by specialk on May 24, 2015 17:46:57 GMT -5 I don't know if I think it's pretty or gross. I will go with pretty. It is staring at me, though.
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May 24, 2015 17:46:57 GMT -5 specialk said:

I don't know if I think it's pretty or gross. I will go with pretty. It is staring at me, though.

I will say that when I first saw it, I was a bit freaked out. I mean, it was huge (like at least 6 inches across) and totally not what I expected to find walking across the lawn to the garden gate.

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May 24, 2015 17:49:54 GMT -5 joenali said:

That is awesome. Where do you live?

Michigan. Apparently it is a member of the giant silk moth family. I have lived in its range for more than 40 years and this is the first time I have seen one.

And, according to Wikipedia, a giant moth of this type was a messenger for Gandalf and the eagles in the LOTR.

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May 24, 2015 18:07:44 GMT -5 wambam said:

My lizards would be insane over that

My Willow would be too. She loves eating moths.

So I moved it to where the dogs couldn't get to it.

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AHappierHour Senior Member One glass of champagne and I smile, two and I grin, but three I'm ever so ready to sin. Posts: 8,893 Likes: 4,514	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 19:17:37 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AHappierHour on May 24, 2015 19:17:37 GMT -5 That's so cool
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gummybear Elder Posts: 10,871 Likes: 17,264	Check out this giant moth I found in my backyard PIP May 24, 2015 19:17:40 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gummybear on May 24, 2015 19:17:40 GMT -5 While I am happy you can appreciate it, I am soooo glad I didn't find that monstrosity in my yard. I hate moths.
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Post by papie on May 24, 2015 21:19:05 GMT -5

Cool!

It's so sad to be a moth. If you were your beautiful cousin the butterfly, everyone would be awwwing over you and nobody would be calling you creepy. MOTHS ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO.
(Yes, I do have beautiful cousins, why do you ask? jerks!)

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