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Friday, August 1, 2008

Free Coke to whoever can name this guy hanging out in my yard just now!

At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 12:32:00 PM CDT , Maryann Miller said...: Darn, I was gonna push for a margarita, but I struck out looking at EVERY link here:
http://www.thebutterflysite.com/nebraska-butterflies.shtml
At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 12:35:00 PM CDT , Maryann Miller said...: Ya know, I think it's a moth!
At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 12:47:00 PM CDT , Maryann Miller said...: It's some sort of a Polyphemus Moth.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef008.asp
At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 12:51:00 PM CDT , Maryann Miller said...: This is the best picture I found that matches your guy.
http://cse-ferg41.unl.edu/pub/leps/
You found the blender yet? I'll be right over with the mix;-)
At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 1:09:00 PM CDT , Don Miller said...: I agree with Maryann that it's an Polyphemus Moth. I like this idea "As with all Saturniidae moths, the hartii does all its eating in the larva stage. The adult moth has no mouth and cannot eat."

Like pig out when you are young and loose weigh the rest of you life...
At Friday, August 1, 2008 at 4:27:00 PM CDT , The Vollmers said...: thanks Bamaboydon and Maryann! I've no computer at the new house and it was hard to research moths with an iPhone!