Found at 5am on a gas station wall under a light in Person Co., NC
5 June 2011
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Huge (for a moth) and common in much of North America. |
Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus) Found at 5am on a gas station wall under a light in Person Co., NC 5 June 2011 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... May 27, 2008 | jspippen@duke.edu