Found this moth today

Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨hazeebabee@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

Any chance someone knows anything about it? It was found in the Great Lakes area. It’s about palm sized, found near a tree by the playground. I returned it to an out of the way place where kids wouldn’t mess it it.

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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Those feathery antennae/whiskers are adorable

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- hazeebabee@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Right!? I wish I was small enough I could pet his fur and maybe fly around a bit lol
  
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia

maybe?

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- hazeebabee@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Close, but this guy has these eye like holes towards the upper center of his wings, and the lower lobe is a slightly different shape where it attaches to the body. I wish I had been able to got a pic while his wings were open.
  
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Skhate_or_die@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Looks like a polyphemus moth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheraea_polyphemus

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