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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

These are popping up everywhere. The boys are picking them up and all are named "wormy"..do they bite and what are they?? They are a good size.

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

Going to add I think they are falling out of the huge Oak tree in the Backyard, theres one on top of my rabbit hutch.

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

Another one

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

Antheraea polyphemus??

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pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY(Zone 7a) Oct 17, 2014

Such adorable boys!

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Oct 17, 2014

Antheraea sp. would be my guess, too. Are you keeping them?

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

No, where should I put them?? No way to put them back in the tree. I read about them a bit and its says they cocoon in tree leafs, but they are falling.

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 17, 2014

They just find random bugs in the yard and make bucket homes for them until I set them loose the next morning. I just havent seen these here before.

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Sheila_FW Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Oct 21, 2014

If you want to teach the boys what moth caterpillars do, put it in a large jar or box with some oak leaves, maybe a small branch. It may eat a bit more but looks big enough to spin it's cocoon. Here is one that I kept to see, but I lost interest on waiting for the moth to emerge and stapled the leaves back in the tree. I did however encounter a Polyphemus at my house.

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badcat BELLEVILLE, IL(Zone 6b) Oct 21, 2014

Well the puppy ate one..bad dog. I got the other one in a leaf pile behind the shed, I hope to see some next summer :)

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