The largest subject shown in the following photo is floating in a vernal pool. What is it? (Ignore the smaller “bonus bugs.”) The answer can be found by scavenging the posts in my photoblog. Need more clues?
31 MAY 2016 | Huntley Meadows Park | Signs of Wildlife
Post Update: The largest subject is one of the forewings from a Polyphemus Silkmoth (Antheraea polyphemus).
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Tags: Antheraea polyphemus, Huntley Meadows Park, Polyphemus Silkmoth, vernal pool
March 21, 2017 at 5:23 pm |
Next time give us a hard one. Forewing of a giant silk moth (a Polyphemus, I believe)with a Water Strider doing it’s “don’t break the water tension” thing over it.
March 21, 2017 at 10:48 pm |
You sir, are correct. Bonus points for recognizing it’s a forewing, Dirck!