Subject: Polyphemus Moths mating
Geographic location of the bug: Pottstown,Pa.
Date: 07/04/2019
Time: 04:18 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: My husband found these two hanging out at our pool. We were Amazed! We have Never seen anything so beautiful.
How you want your letter signed: Bev Farris
Dear Bev,
Thanks so much for sending in your images of mating Polyphemus Moths. They are indeed a wondrous sight. The lower moth in the pair is the male, as evidenced by his much bushier antennae that he uses to locate a female by the pheromones she releases.
