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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: Could someone please help identify this moth please
I saw this moth on my house the other day. It was hanging upside down from bottom edge of the siding. It looked like it was making a kind of nest / cacoon?? When I got too near it, it squirted out a yellowish fluid from the abdomen. I was just hoping that someone could identify this for me. I live in central Massachusetts and have never seen one like this. Thank you for your time.

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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:29 am Post subject:
It's a Giant Silkmoth........... Cecropia silkmoth Hyalophora cecropia http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3281 Welcome to GardenStew, hope you will stay around and let us get to know you. _________________ "Blossom by blossom the spring begins." Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909) "A little Madness in the spring, is wholesome even for the King." Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject:
Thnak you very much for your expertise. I really appreciate it. Hope everyone has a good day.

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