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--Apple-Mail-1-179677190 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Steve, Spot only, only that both moths are in the Saturnidae (silk moths) and not the Lasiocampidae. Cheers, Chris On 17-Jul-07, at 12:57 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > Jeannie: Regarding the composite photo with the added inset of the > second moth, > they are different species but in the same family Lasiocampidae. > The main photo > (paler specimen, a bit out of focus) shows a Polyphemus moth, > Antheraea > polyphemus. The second, darker, inset moth (nice photo) is a > Cecropia moth, > Hyalophora cecropia. Looking at the antennae, both appear to be males. > > You have 'h-e-l-p' in the original subject line, which is > presumably why it > didn't get through most times. > Steve > ******************************* > Quoting Jeannie <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca>: >> If this one goes through it will be the 3rd one I've sent.So if >> you get multiples you will know why. >> Hi everyone, >> Here are a couple of photos.The first one is a photo of a moth >> that my niece >> took and I pasted a pic of the cecropia moth that I had on the >> photo.Now to >> me they look completely different.What I was wondering, is, are >> they both >> cecropia moths and one is just a bit worn? Or are they completely >> different >> species? The second is a photo of the cecropia that I had,(a close- >> up) >> >> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2710463760025930195pIdCmK >> >> http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2917419830025930195IxTeCq >> >> Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury >> >> Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton >> >> >> jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-1-179677190 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Steve,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Spot only, only that both = moths are in the Saturnidae (silk moths) and not the = Lasiocampidae.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 17-Jul-07, at 12:57 AM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie:<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Regarding the composite photo with the added inset of the second = moth,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">they are different species but = in the same family Lasiocampidae. The main photo</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">(paler specimen, a bit out of focus) shows a = Polyphemus moth, Antheraea</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">polyphemus.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>The = second, darker, inset moth (nice photo) is a Cecropia moth,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hyalophora cecropia. Looking at the antennae, both = appear to be males.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You have 'h-e-l-p' in the = original subject line, which is presumably why it</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">didn't get through most times.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Steve</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN>*******************************<= /DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Quoting Jeannie <<A = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</A>>:= </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If this one = goes through it will be the 3rd one I've sent.So if you get multiples = you will know why.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi everyone,</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Here are a couple of photos.The first one is a photo = of a moth that my niece</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">took and I = pasted a pic of the cecropia moth that I had on the photo.Now = to</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">me they look completely different.What I was = wondering, is, are they both</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cecropia = moths and one is just a bit worn? Or are they completely = different</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">species? The second is a photo = of the cecropia that I had,(a close-up)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2710463760025930195pIdCmK">http= ://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2710463760025930195pIdCmK</A></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2917419830025930195IxTeCq">http