My daughter found this beauty while we were doing some spring cleaning of our gutters. He was just lying in the leaves on a tree branch. Moved him to a safer location after the photos.

Canon Rebel T6 w/ 100mm f2.8 macro lens

ISO 400 f/11 SS 1/125

hand held 5 image stack in photoshop

Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth, with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings. The eyespots give it its name – from the Greek myth of the cyclops Polyphemus. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. The species is widespread in continental North America, with local populations found throughout subarctic Canada and the United States. The caterpillar can eat 86,000 times its weight at emergence in a little less than two months.