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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Apr 11, 2009

Found this Silk Moth up in the ceiling of my front porch this afternoon. Don't see it in my ID books

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Apr 11, 2009

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Apr 11, 2009

I think it's the Sweetbay Silk Moth, Callosamia securifera:

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7766

http://bugguide.net/node/view/65585

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Apr 11, 2009

cool glad to know they are around. Thanks Claypa

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Apr 11, 2009

Definitely, Sweetbay magnolia is such a beautiful tree too.

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Apr 11, 2009

I have a bunch of them around my property. This is the first time I have seen this month in the 3 1/2 yrs we have lived here

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