Polyphemus Silkmoth Locket Chain Length:24 inch this butterfly is both beautiful

this butterfly is both beautiful and strong

We have attempted breeding these on our farm with limited success

while absorbing other wavelengths

Neighbors kindly lend their chokecherry trees to raise caterpillars nearby

A beautiful moth in the worldwide silkmoth family

Polyphemus Silkmoth Locket Chain Length:24 inch this butterfly is both beautifulPolyphemus Silkmoth Double Sided Stainless Steel Locket Antheraea polyphemus The second largest silkmoth in North America, with an appropriate name for its eyespots heralding from the Greek mythological one eyed cyclops Polyphemus. The Polyphemus Moth is native to all 48 contiguous US States, and feeds as a larvae on a wide variety of trees. In southern states there are multiple broods. Here in Oregon there is just one brood, with moths on the wing in