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href=3D"http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2917419830025930195IxTeCq">http Exactly so, Chris is right, I should have remembered that. Excuse? I had a couple of pages stuck together in my Milne & Milne 'Audubon Field Guide' and so shot right through the front page of the Saturnidae. Steve ******************** Quoting c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca: > 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> > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. >
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