what do I do with a giant silk moth that birthed itself in my dorm room in the middle of winter?

man o man. i love animals so i would try and keep it alive! but out of your rabbits cage or the rabbit might hurt it. should go in an aquarium maybe. seriously that is so cool. or find a place that raises moths. a zoo maybe. i am jealous.

here is what it will look like
http://www.pansphoto.com/moth/pages/03.htm

The Polyphemus moth acquired its name from a Greek god named Polyphemus, who was the son of Poseidon (Zeus’s brother) in Greek mythology. Polyphemus was a cyclops. Polyphemus moths have two pairs of “eyes” to ward off predators. They have no mouthparts for feeding or drinking. They have a short lifespan of only four days
http://kozmicdreams.com/polyphemus.htm

The Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) is a member of the Saturniidae family, or giant silk moths.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheraea_polyphemus

How to rear Saturniid moths
http://www.kiva.net/~daylight/moth.html

The Polyphemus Moth
(Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, 1776)
http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew/zpolmoth.htm

Eat it!

do not eat it!
if it only lives for four days it doesn’t seem like it should be that big of a deal, but this moth seems somewhat supernatural, so I don’t know what to tell you…

Just wait for it to die on its own, and when it does, preserve it in a glass display case and use as wall art – it has an interesting story.

Congratulations, here’s a cigar.

But seriously, let it loose outside. And be very careful about handling it. They need the fine dust that’s on their wings.

It birthed itself?! Wow, that’s like an inverted ouroborus!