They're around -- I live? i n a wooded area in rural snohomish county and have encountered visiting male polyphemus moths for the past several years, usually in late june-early July.? I just had one on my porch a few days ago.? Unfortunately they're confused by?artificial lights so I made sure to turn all por ch lights off so my current visitor could move on ;? it's a lways a thrill to see them though, selfish as that may be.. .









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From: "Hal Michael" <ucd880 at comcast.net>
To: "Robin Leavy" <robininthegarden at gmail.com>
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They must have had the range wrong.? I had them in Sacramento in the late 50s and have a 1940-ish insect book (Essig) that has them on the pacific Coast.


Hal Michael
Olympia WA
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From: "Robin Leavy" <robininthegarden at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:57:25 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: moth vs butterfly , Vol 94, Issue 25



A friend of mine here in Bellingham had a polyphemus moth on the side of her garage for a couple of days. She showed me photo on phone, I looked it up in Audubon insect field guide (30 yrs old) and the range used to be east of the Rockies. Climate change responsible?
Robin Leavy
Bellingham
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