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ctbig pensacola, FL(Zone 8a) Aug 17, 2010

Anyone know what this is? Picture taken at a gas pump in Mississippi.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 17, 2010

This is an imperial moth, Eacles imperialis - see http://tinyurl.com/26e54de for images and detailed information. These moths formerly were in a separate family, Citheroniidae, but now are placed in the subfamily Ceratocampinae in the family Saturniidae.

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ctbig pensacola, FL(Zone 8a) Aug 18, 2010

Thanks!!

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