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Big brown moth with leaf like antenni (Polyphemus moth)

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Polyphemus moth
by: Moni

Justin
It looks like you have a newly emerged(from a cocoon) male polyphemus moth. The silkmoths, Saturnid, are the largest of all moths and this is one of the most common. They overwinter in large silky light brown leaflike cocoons. So your weather has warmed up enough for them to emerge. The larva become large green caterpillars.
Since we only see the underside of this moth, I can not be positive what species it is.
It is certainly a beautiful specimen. So glad you got to see it.

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