This giant moth landed outside our door sometime last night. It's body is bigger than my thumb and it's wingspan is bigger than my hand. I though about putting my hand next to it for scale in the picture, but I was too scared. After a little research, though, I found out that this kind of moth has no mouth, so guess I really had nothing to be scared about. It's called a polyphemus like the cyclops in Odysseus and it only lives for a week or so. It doesn't have a mouth because it's sole duty as a moth is to reproduce. Very interesting.
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