This is one big caterpillar and it metamorphoses into one big moth. The polyphemus moth has a wingspan of 5.5 to 6 inches and has two sets of "eyespots", one smallish set on the forewings and a large set on the hindwings. The larvae eat the leaves of many species of trees and shrubs but likely do not serious damage because there are so few of them.
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