This Moth Greeted Me

CCoopCCoop Registered Users Posts: 511 Major grins
edited July 14, 2015 in Other Cool Shots
Leaving my office, I was startled to see this huge moth on the stairs, fully 5 inch wingspan! I grabbed some shots with my iPhone, and came back the next day with heavy artillery, my Sigma 50-150 (not macro) on my Canon 70D body. This is an Antheraea polyphemus, male (bushy antennae for detecting pheromones of unmated females). He stayed a couple of days and then was gone. I have seen one of these at the butterfly house at Callaway Gardens (Georgia) years ago, but this is my first sighting in the wild (because, yes, my office stairs are so wild!).


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#2
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#3
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#4 iPhone
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  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2015
    Beautiful, Carter! Thanks for posting the set. Second shot is my favorite.
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2015
    Wow. I agree #2 is very nice.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2015
    Wow! I follow Macro forum....they never posted moth like this! Lovely critter!
  • travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited July 13, 2015
    Wonderful moth and details
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,968 moderator
    edited July 13, 2015
    #2 and #3 both have nice detail; #4 give a bit of a sense of scale. I think if I encountered an insect as big as a bird, I'd just try to get the hell out and not worry about the pics lol3.gif.
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  • CCoopCCoop Registered Users Posts: 511 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2015
    Thank you all. I was truly fortunate to come across this little(?) guy (#4). And more so when he was there the second day when I came back with my big camera for pics #1-3. I felt bold and touched him with my pen (yes, that's really bold I know). So he displayed his back wings with the bigger eye markings. It was fascinating, and again, I felt so very fortunate.


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