A Very Large Moth

Browndog

Found this little guy while we were on vacation in Oregon this summer. :dunno
About 7" across.
(last time I saw him he was chasing a bird):rofl



For a closer look

Brooks P

That’s one ambitious moth!

Nice picture. Sometimes at night we have large moths, about the size of Hummingbirds. They used to like our Honeysuckle but I never could get a picture of one. No way to get focus lock in the dark, and any light drove them away.

Forehead

A Cecropia (sp?) moth! A male--you can tell by the feathery antennae they need to sniff out the females.

The last time I saw one of those was when I was a kid in Wisconsin, after finding a cocoon and keeping it to see what would come out.

GraphyFotoz

Ok here ya go a PROPER ID!
It's a Polyphemus Moth.
(Antheraea polyphemus)

Because of the conspicuious eyespot on each hind wing,this moth is named after Polyphemus the one eyed giant of Greek Myths.


Thank you.....thank you very much.

Elvis has left the room!

Dick on Aruba

Very beautiful, well done.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Awais Yaqub

beautiful i will love to see from top