Antheraea polyphemus

Wow!!! What an amazing photo, Klahanie! Such a perfect capture and specimen of moth too.
I’ve just googled it, very interesting creature.

Wonderful. Such delicate colours.

What an amazing creature. Wasn't Polyphemus the giant with only one eye? Will google it in a while!

Superb shot. Love the antenna.

You are right Yorkslass. Polyphemus was the cyclops (one-eyed giant) . In the epic poem "Odyssey"..... I would not like him either.

Great close-up Klahanie. I don't often get to see those parts. Does he have a mouth. I heard some of them don't eat at all and don't even have a mouth.

Thanks Bathgate. As it comes to moths I am completely ignorant. So maybe someone else knows.

I've looked it up and the moth has such a small mouth that it can't feed and lives for about a week. It lays its eggs in trees such as walnut, hickory and oak and the caterpillars are yellow then they moult several times and become bright green with silver spots along their sides and the they pupate into the moths. Now I've learnt something too.

Thank you Linda for looking it up and posting.

Thank You