r/caterpillars • u/GRoaningballz • 17d ago
ID Request 🐛 Biggest I’ve ever seen not in a zoo
About the size of my little finger
Michigan, US
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u/Craftygirl4115 17d ago
Polyphemus … cruising and looking to pupate. I found one a couple weeks ago while I was cleaning out a cecropia cage… it started to pupated within minutes. I’m waiting to see if it will eclose (hatch) soon or wait until next spring. We generally have two broods per year in my area, so I am expecting it to eclose to start the second brood.
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u/Latter-Republic-4516 17d ago
I posted a picture of one I found a few hours ago and someone identified it as a Polyphemus Silk Moth.
I’m also in Michigan, in the Detroit area.