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Monster Moth – Give Me Your Best Shot #PSF

Thursday, April 26, 2012 by Lolli 17 Comments

A little while ago, my kids were playing outside and discovered a moth in our front yard. The kids ran inside to tell me about the moth. Finding insects and little critters outside is pretty common occurance, and nothing to get all excited about, I thought.

And then I saw the moth.

Yes, THIS moth was worthy of pulling out the big camera. I don’t know if you can tell perspective in these shots, but the moth was bigger than my hand. And that shot of him flying at me (shudder!)? His body was thicker than my thumb.

Big huge Maryland moth

Big huge Maryland moth

Big huge Maryland moth

Big huge Maryland moth

I swear he was coming to attack me here…

As scary as this moth was….wasn’t he beautiful?

PS – I believe I identified our moth as a Polythemus moth, or giant silk moth. And what’s so cool about this discovery is that my kids and I found the caterpillar predecessor in our front yard last year. Here’s the Instagram shot I caught of it:

giant green caterpillar

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Carrie Keiser says

    Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    wow that is a huge moth and it is kinda cool even though it is a moth! My kids would have been running for the hills!

  2. Krystyn says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    That thing is HUGE! Glad he didn’t attack you.

  3. Mindi says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Wow that is one huge moth! Good thing you snapped some photos or no one would have believed your kids just how big it was!

  4. Kelly Deneen says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:58 am

    Woah! That is huge! I love that you saw the caterpillar last year. :)

  5. Heather's Happenings says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:45 am

    I have never in my life seen a moth that big. My kids would have loved that one!

  6. Nancy says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 9:47 am

    That moth is incredible!

  7. Lori says

    Friday, April 27, 2012 at 7:47 am

    wow! And it’s beautiful!

  8. Eryn says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    So cool! Not scary at all, just neat.

  9. Lolli says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    My kids WERE ecstatic! I think my 7 year old took that net around to all of the neighbor kids to show off his find!

  10. Lolli says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:14 pm

    It was VERY unexpected, that’s for sure! I was just glad it settled down and didn’t flap all over for a few minutes. I was pretty close!

  11. Lolli says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:09 pm

    It was!! It did not look like something that should be living near my suburban house. :)

  12. Run DMT says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    That thing is crazy big! It’s a mutant! Very cool shots, though.

  13. angie says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    That mother is HUGE and looks so crisp it looks fake. Wow.

  14. Dina @ 4 Lettre Words says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    Wowza…how cool is that??? My boys would’ve been ecstatic!

  15. Corey Feldman says

    Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    Very cool moth!

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