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Angry McPisseron
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 12:17am |
This large critter appears to me to be a Saturniid moth of some sort from the east coast, but my brother in-law found it in Oregon.
This is a frame from the video that he made; it is furry in large part because it was recorded from the inbuilt camera in a cellular telephone handset. So, anybody have any good guesses here?
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Jimbo
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Io (eye oh) moth.
Named after the Greek goddess Io, who one of the moons of Jupiter is also named after. |
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Angry McPisseron
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Thank you Jimbo!!!
I knew it was a Saturniid of some type; I just didn't know exactly what subspecies. I used to be an entomologist working for the State of Alaska in the 1970s, but we didn't have any moths like that up there.
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According to the website I linked, they're only found in the east and midwest....
If your brother in law found it in Oregon, that might be unusual. Maybe they stray occasionally. |
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Angry McPisseron
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I was thinking the exact same thing.
A few years ago in Shelton WA., a housemate of mine brought me an Io moth that one of the cats had fatally wounded -- she suggested that I could patch up its ruptured abdomen with super glue. Crazy biotch!!!
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Looks like a Polyphemus (cannot say that three times fast!) moth to me. Big, beautiful moths! I think that Io moths are smaller, although they are just as amazing to see up-close.
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I think you are right.
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
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Angry McPisseron
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I think that you're absolutely correct, thank you!!!
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CapeCat has obviously remained more current on her Lepidopterology than I have. My friends and I used to study and collect them as kids. We knew all the different species and could ID them on sight. That was a looooooong time ago, though. I do remember the Polyphemus, but only now since I've been reminded of it. |
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...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender C'mon, man! Joe Biden - 46th President of the United States |
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