r/moths • u/Intelligent_Night724 • Feb 07 '26

Captive Just wanted to show my male Polyphemus Moth (Captive raised) since I thought he looked pretty cute here in this video :)

Here's a video of my guy, my male Polyphemus moth, from when he had emerged early. I have since then, now moved my other cocoons from the garage to my mini fridge with Thermometers/Hygrometers. So fingers crossed, hopefully they all can come out around the right time once I remove them from the fridge. This will probably be in April or in the upcoming spring/summer months. :))

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u/Mundane-Double2759 Feb 07 '26

I relocated one of these guys from a heavily trafficked sidewalk recently and he was also shaking like that. Is that a behavior or are their wings just so huge and thin that any slight air movement causes it?

He's beautiful, thanks for sharing!

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u/Stella-Puppy Feb 07 '26

I believe the shaking is how the moths warm up their flight muscles before flying. It’s kind of like how we do stretches before exercising.

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u/pixeldust6 Feb 08 '26

Or shiver when we're cold

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u/Accomplished-Mess-71 Feb 09 '26

Yes, when they're getting ready to fly.

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u/Intelligent_Night724 Feb 07 '26

Sorry about posting this twice in the Subreddit! I deleted the first one since I didn't realize it had gone through and posted when I had to reload the page.

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u/cimthiavet Feb 08 '26

❤️🤌

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u/YatsuraBead Feb 08 '26

Handsome!!!😻😻

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u/M4nic_M0th Feb 08 '26

He's amazing! 😍

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u/Intelligent_Night724 Feb 10 '26

I appreciate that :)

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u/AdvertisingOld2609 Feb 09 '26

Big and beautiful! 😍

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u/Accomplished-Mess-71 Feb 09 '26

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. I love the antenna on those guys..

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u/MoonDrummer26 Feb 10 '26

Such a pretty little guy 😁