<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It’s not a mystery as to how a fresh Giant Atlas moth got to Washington. Somebody is importing cocoons and one hatched and escaped. More than 25 years ago a friend who was interested in raising moths (mostly polyphemus) was able to buy some Giant Atlas moth cocoons and brought one adult to work in a paper bag. I can’t remember how he found out how to buy the cocoons. It’s not a surprise this is still going on. If they could survive in the wild and reproduce I’ll bet there have been many opportunities over the years to do so.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 19, 2022, at 6:54 PM, Mike Quinn <<a href="mailto:entomike@gmail.com" class="">entomike@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin, Tx</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Glada McIntyre</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><***@<a href="http://gmail.com/" class="">gmail.com</a>></span><br class="">Date: Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 8:48 PM<br class="">Subject: giant Asian moth now in Washington State<br class="">To: <<a href="mailto:ENTOMO-L@lists.psu.edu" class="">ENTOMO-L@lists.psu.edu</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><p class="">
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</p><div dir="ltr" class="">What's up with all the giant insect species from Asia showing up in western Washington these days!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattletimes.com%2Fseattle-news%2Ffirst-u-s-sighting-of-one-of-the-worlds-largest-moths-in-bellevue-puzzles-officials%2F&data=05%7C01%7CENTOMO-L%40lists.psu.edu%7C292f10ec3fad44350e2d08da824dd1ef%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637965567991171838%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0iWHrpoavY%2Bv%2Fffl6nyT8EkZ0E0o%2F0pT9VhcwDFgdkY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" class="">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/first-u-s-sighting-of-one-of-the-worlds-largest-moths-in-bellevue-puzzles-officials/</a><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br class=""></div>
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